Dublin in Wayne County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Indiana’s First Woman’s Rights Convention

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 9, 2006

1. Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention Marker, Side 1

Inscription. A convention was called for by reform-minded Congregational Friends meeting at Greensboro, Henry County, January 1851. Convention held October 14-15, 1851 at Dublin adopted resolutions for political, social, and financial rights for women. Women and men who favored abolition, temperance and suffrage attended. The 1852 convention formed Indiana Woman's Rights Association to promote united action for woman's rights. Association's 1853 convention demanded equality in all political rights and functions. It voted to be auxiliary to American Woman Suffrage Association 1870. It became Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association.

Erected 2003 by Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Women's History Association, Indiana Commission for Women, and Town of Dublin. (Marker Number 89.2003.1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR

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• Civil Rights • Government & Politics • Notable Events • Women. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 39° 48.725′ N, 85° 12.486′ W. Marker is in Dublin, Indiana, in Wayne County. It is on Cumberland Street (U.S. 40) west of Davis Street, on the right when traveling west. It is in front of Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2250 East Cumberland, Cambridge City IN 47327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Burney's Carriage Shop

Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention Marker, Side 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 9, 2006

2. Indiana's First Woman's Rights Convention Marker, Side 2

(approx. 0.3 miles away); Huddleston House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Indian Boundary Line (approx. 1½ miles away); Cambridge City (approx. 1.9 miles away); 1904-1925 "Dinkey" (approx. 1.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Indiana Historical Society - Digital Image Collections - Woman's Rights. A number of photos and documents, including the Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association Record Book 1851-1886. (Submitted on April 18, 2006.)

Indiana’s First Woman’s Rights Convention Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, June 21, 2020

3. Indiana’s First Woman’s Rights Convention Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,083 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 18, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on June 27, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.