Southernside in Greenville in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. A. Viola Neblett, VP of South Carolina Suffrage Assn., advocated for women’s suffrage 1890-1896. Site of former home and library.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 84.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail series list.

Location. 34° 51.094′ N, 82° 24.311′ W. Marker is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County. It is in Southernside. It is at the intersection of West McBee Avenue and West Broad Street, on the right when traveling west on West McBee Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 439 W Broad St, Greenville SC 29601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Prospect Hill / McBee Homestead (within shouting distance of this marker); Prospect Hill Park Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Table Rock Watershed (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Reverence for Water: Feeding the Body, Feeling the Spirit (about 400 feet away); Saluda (Poinsett) Watershed (about 400 feet away); Cherokee in the Upcountry / Beginnings of Greenville Water

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(about 400 feet away); Lake Keowee Watershed (about 400 feet away); St Mary's Catholic Church (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for A. Viola Neblett. Excerpt:

A. Viola Neblett (1842 – 1897) was an American temperance activist, suffragist, and women’s rights pioneer. She was an indefatigable worker for temperance in Greenville, South Carolina, and was the first woman in her state to declare herself unreservedly for woman suffrage over her own signature in the public prints. She was a notable participant in the annual convention of this Association at Atlanta in 1895, and later spent months in Washington, D.C. in the endeavor to secure the enfranchisement of women under the new constitution of South Carolina. In her last days, she planned a bequest to the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In her own town, she founded and endowed the Neblett Free Library, her home becoming Greenville’s first library.

[Born] Viola Wright, whose first name was Ann or Adelaide.

(Submitted on June 17, 2025.)

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

2. Votes for Women Marker

Ann Viola Neblett (1842–1897) image. Click for full size.

(Public Domain) Copied from 1893 book A Woman of the Century, edited by Frances Elizabeth Willard, pg. 542

3. Ann Viola Neblett (1842–1897)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 17, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.