North End in Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington — The American West (Northwest)
Emma Smith Devoe
1848 - 1927
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 25, 2016
1. Emma Smith Devoe Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women.
Location. 47° 16.491′ N, 122° 28.033′ W. Marker is in Tacoma, Washington, in Pierce County. It is in North End. It is at the intersection of North 30th Street and North Carr Street, on the right when traveling west on North 30th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tacoma WA 98403, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Puget Sound Region and in Greater Seattle. It is also on the American Pacific Coast, in the Pacific Northwest, and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, in the Inside Passage, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jennie Jones (a few steps from this marker); Alice Maude Smith, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Ester Allstrum (within shouting distance of this marker); Our First Settlers (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Job Carr's Cabin (about 300 feet away); First House in Tacoma (about 300 feet away); Tacoma City (about 400 feet away); Job Carr's Canoe (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tacoma.
Other markers no longer nearby. Community Life in Old Tacoma (was about 300 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Our First Settlers
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Also see . . . DeVoe, Emma Smith (1848-1927) (HistoryLink.org). Emma Smith DeVoe was a major figure in the American woman suffrage movement and a Republican Party activist. Although she spent the bulk of her political life in Washington state, she was also a paid suffrage worker on the national level, helping to bring about woman suffrage in Washington in 1910, and the Nineteenth Amendment granting the vote to all American women in 1920. The guiding principle of her campaigns was: “Always be good-natured and cheerful” (Ross-Nazzal, “Emma Smith DeVoe,” 76). Her efforts in Washington state were both effective and controversial. The 1909 conventions in Seattle of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association (WESA), of which she was president, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), for which she was a paid organizer, brought to a head the controversies with the Eastern Washington clubs led by Spokanes May Arkwright Hutton (1860-1915). Despite what some considered DeVoes heavy-handed leadership style, her overall contribution to the suffrage movement was extraordinary. After ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, DeVoe entered Republican Party politics, eventually rising to leadership positions
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 25, 2016
2. Emma Smith Devoe Marker - Wide View, Looking East on North 30th Street
The marker is visible here in the foreground, mounted in the sidewalk.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 647 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
