A scientist of national fame, Peters (1810-1888) lived for many years in Moulton with his wife Naomi (Leetch), a relative of President James K. Polk, who possibly visited here. A man of many talents, Peters was a noted linguist, early civil rights . . . — — Map (db m69670) HM
Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. To register to vote in Alabama citizens were required to meet a series of residency and property requirements, pass a literacy test, and pay a poll . . . — — Map (db m191678) HM
Ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. The Twickenham Town Chapter, NSDAR honors the history of Huntsville's pioneer suffragists, who met here at the home of Alberta Chapman Taylor . . . — — Map (db m160637) HM
Huntsville Equal Suffrage Association reorganized here in 1912. In 1914, Alabama Equal Suffrage Association held convention here. — — Map (db m191649) HM
Ellen S. Hildreth founded early Alabama suffrage club in New Decatur 1892. Hosted national suffrage leaders here at Echols Opera House 1895. — — Map (db m191695) HM
Tempe founder Charles Trumbull Hayden built a house of willow poles on this site in 1871 and erected an adobe home, store, and blacksmith shop during the next two years. He married Sallie Davis in Visalia, California, and brought her here in 1876. . . . — — Map (db m27585) HM
A beautiful Victorian Cottage which faced East Sheldon Street was built on this site by W. B. Jones. On November 15, 1893, William Owen (Buckey) O'Neill and his wife Pauline moved into the house. O'Neill used a portion of the upstairs as his office . . . — — Map (db m20619) HM
Listed on the National Record of Historic Places
In 1877, English immigrant John G. Wright founded the Golden Sheaf, Berkeley's first wholesale/retail bakery. The original bakery, with a public dining room, stood around the corner on Shattuck . . . — — Map (db m50360) HM
Forty-eight men of diverse education and cultural backgrounds from throughout California converged upon Monterey in September in 1849 to frame a constitutional government for California. Working together as Californians, they created this . . . — — Map (db m63348) HM
A bisexual poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War and a daughter of a slave, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem . . . — — Map (db m171821) HM
Charlotta Bass was an educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and activist. She also
focused on various other issues such as housing rights, voting rights, and labor rights, as
well as police brutality and harassment. In 1952, Bass became the first . . . — — Map (db m171824) HM
Clara Shortridge Foltz was the first American female lawyer on the West Coast and the
pioneer of the idea of the public defender. During a career that spanned 56 years, Foltz
almost single-handedly pushed a great deal of progressive legislation . . . — — Map (db m171852) HM
Dr. Chung advocated for the voting rights of Chinese and American women through her
activism in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Chinese American League of Justice, the Chinese
Protective Association, and the Chinese Women's Reform Club.
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m171553) HM
Rankin organized and lobbied for legislation enfranchising women in several states
including Montana, New York, and North Dakota. She was the first woman to hold
federal office as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives where she . . . — — Map (db m171578) HM
As a teacher, writer, editor, and activist, Idár preserved Mexican culture in South Texas
and encouraged women to pursue an education and push for equal rights. While
working as a journalist, she became the president of the newly-established . . . — — Map (db m171579) HM
An African American educator and suffragist. Pierce opened the Tennessee Vocational
School for Colored Girls in 1923, and she served as its superintendent until 1939. The
daughter of a slave, Pierce addressed white women at the inaugural . . . — — Map (db m171461) HM
A queer California lawyer, newspaper publisher, and a prominent suffragette. She was
the first woman to run a daily newspaper in the United States and the second female
lawyer admitted to practice in California. Gordon's February 19, 1868 speech . . . — — Map (db m171548) HM
A physician practicing during California's Gold Rush who was also a spiritualist,
businesswoman, and leading Sacramento suffragist. When Sacramento officials denied
her the vote, she sued the city on the grounds that as a taxpaying citizen, she . . . — — Map (db m171896) HM
An outspoken proponent of suffrage for women, she became the first of her gender elected to a municipal office in Sacramento, being swept into office by an all male electorate before women attained the right to vote. Widow of a politician and . . . — — Map (db m15621) HM
The first woman elected to the Sacramento City Council and the first woman to be
elected to the city council of any major city in the United States. She was elected as part of a slate of Progressive candidates, defeating the railroad-aligned . . . — — Map (db m171816) HM
The first woman to receive a PhD. from Columbia University. Even after the passage of
the 19th amendment, Lee was unable to vote because of the Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882 until it was repealed years later. She became a well-known figure in the . . . — — Map (db m171510) HM
The first female Mexican American author to write in English. Who Would Have Thought
It? was the first novel to be written in English by a Mexican living in the United States.
The book was published in 1872 without the author's name on the . . . — — Map (db m171894) HM
A California suffragist and an educator, she campaigned and translated at rallies in
Southern California where suffragists distributed tens of thousands of pamphlets in
Spanish and worked as a translator for the California suffrage movement. She . . . — — Map (db m171533) HM
A Metis Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians attorney and Native American
rights activist who emphasized the value of traditional Native cultures while asserting
her own place in the modern world as an Indian woman. In 1912, at the age of 49, . . . — — Map (db m171456) HM
An African American suffragist who helped found the National Association of Colored
Women in 1986 and served as its first national president. In addition, she was a
founding member of the National Association of College Women.
In 1950, she . . . — — Map (db m171453) HM
An African American suffragist, civil rights activist, and poet who highlighted the
experience of African American women who were still enslaved by their inability to
vote. She also found that the white women who had organized a children's home . . . — — Map (db m171505) HM
A Californian botanist and botanical artist, Mount Lemmon in Arizona is named
for her, as she was the first white woman to ascend it. She was responsible for
the designation of the golden poppy as the state flower of California, in 1903. A
number . . . — — Map (db m171502) HM
Zitkála-Šá (Lakota: Red Bird), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin was a writer,
editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. In 1926 she and her husband
founded the National Council of American Indians, dedicated to the cause . . . — — Map (db m171898) HM
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in San Francisco.
The streets were filled with scorchers, bloomer girls, bone shakers, and wheelmen.
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in . . . — — Map (db m72526) HM
American physician and political
radical who fought for peace, an
eight-hour workday, women's suffrage
and their right to birth control — — Map (db m187158) HM
A famous womens' rights activist, she began speaking on behalf of womens' rights in 1868. Laura ran for the California State Senate in 1871, long before women could vote. In 1873 she bought the first of several newspapers which she used as a forum . . . — — Map (db m91788) HM
In 1919, Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Sara Bard Field purchased a beautiful 34-acre site overlooking Los Gatos to establish a refuge for their creative pursuits. Here they commissioned Robert Treat Paine to create two large statures to mark the . . . — — Map (db m92716) HM
[The Morgan Hill Centennial Project is a very unusual ‘marker’. It was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Morgan Hill. One starts at the center of the marker and then proceeds along an expanding spiral . . . — — Map (db m46097) HM
Sarah Armstrong Wallis (1825–1905) was a pioneer in the campaign for women’s voting rights. In 1870 she was elected president of California’s first statewide suffrage organization which in 1873 incorporated as the California State Woman . . . — — Map (db m2718) HM
This charming commercial structure was built in 1889 by Sarah Knox-Goodrich on property left to her by her first husband, Dr. William Knox, using sandstone from the quarry owned by her second husband, Levi Goodrich. Both men were important San José . . . — — Map (db m30960) HM
In December 1894, nine women met to form the San Jose Woman's Club . Supporting temperance and suffrage, the members also promoted education, community improvements and the arts. The club was opened to women of all creeds and nationalities. Today, . . . — — Map (db m108410) HM
An intellectual, humanitarian and suffragist, Georgiana raised her family in this house from 1854 until her death in 1887. Born in England and educated in the East by America’s leading thinkers and writers. She brought to California an intellectual . . . — — Map (db m62441) HM
Until 1911, Denver was the largest city in the nation where women could vote. Western states, including Colorado, were among the first to give women the right to vote.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed full . . . — — Map (db m135444) HM
Was founded on this site at a meeting in the Unity Church on January 11, 1876. In 1893 Colorado became the second state in the Union to grant women the right to vote. — — Map (db m135106) HM
Home of Margaret Brown, ‘Titanic’ survivor & national advocate for Suffrage & Labor Rights. Proposed as candidate for U.S. Senate 1914. — — Map (db m177950) HM
This two-story cabin is a classic example of American frontier log construction. Sixty-three year old Elizabeth "Auntie" Stone and her second husband Lewis arrived in this area in 1864. The Army granted them permission to build a private residence . . . — — Map (db m51972) HM
In March 1920, Governor John G. Townsend called a special session of the Delaware General Assembly to vote on the ratification of the 19th amendment. Suffrage and anti-suffrage groups descended on Dover that spring to try to sway the vote in their . . . — — Map (db m190714) HM
Emalea Pusey Warner was one of the most influential women in the history of the University of Delaware. She was the first woman appointed to its Board of Trustees, serving from 1928-42.
The project closest to Mrs. Warner's heart was the . . . — — Map (db m131148) HM
Blanche Stubbs, 1872-1952. Equal Suffrage Study Club leader & advocate for African American voting and civil rights. Lived here. — — Map (db m184935) HM
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935. Teacher, author, civil rights leader. Elected president Equal Suffrage Study Club 1914. Lived here. — — Map (db m186358) HM
On May 2, 1914, the Delaware Congressional Union and Delaware Equal Suffrage Association held a parade in Wilmington. Approximately 400 suffragists marched from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station to the New Castle County Court House at 10th and . . . — — Map (db m184921) HM
Margaret W. Houston Sussex Co. suffrage leader elected V.P. of Delaware Equal Suffrage Assn. 1896. Helped est. town library 1899. — — Map (db m190454) HM
On March 16, 1920, Sussex County's members of the Delaware General Assembly held a conference in Georgetown to hear opinions for and against women's suffrage. Suffragists and anti-suffragists organized similar gatherings throughout the state that . . . — — Map (db m190431) HM
Born in Milton on January 19, 1845, he was the son of merchant Robert H. Carey and his wife, Susan. Educated in local schools, he later attended Union College and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. An active supporter of . . . — — Map (db m37728) HM
Also known as Cedar Hill, this site encompasses the estate owned by Frederick Douglass from 1877 until his death in 1895. In honor of Douglass’ work as an author, orator, abolitionist, statesman, and civil rights leader, this site is designated a . . . — — Map (db m40846) HM
Until the early 20th century, the Army largely relied on untrained civilian women for temporary medical care for the sick and wounded. Shortages in medical staff set the stage for greater involvement of women in Army medical care and made a . . . — — Map (db m143701) HM
From June to December 1917 members of the National Woman's Party were imprisoned for picketing the White House to publicize the struggle to win the vote for Women. Those incarcerated in the District of Columbia's workhouse in Occoquan, Virginia . . . — — Map (db m71336) HM
Lafayette Park has long served as a place for political and social demonstrations. People continue to exercise their right of free speech here, using Lafayette Park as a stage and the White House as their audience. Demonstrations often take the . . . — — Map (db m178332) HM
Images Courtesy Of: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division • DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division • Heurich House Museum • Women's National Democratic Club Archives • Michael Cianciosi Private Collection, Potomac Bottle . . . — — Map (db m110851) HM
“He had the mind of a scholar, the figure of a sportsman, the bearing of an aristocrat, the position of a king. But he had the heart of a democrat. ...”
Dorothy Thompson, NBC broadcast, September 24, 1957. . . . — — Map (db m30417) HM
All segments of American society contributed to the war effort during World War I. Despite racism at home and in the military, more than 350,000 African Americans served in uniform. Black soldiers were segregated into separate units, and and . . . — — Map (db m174084) HM
[Panel 1]
From the Capitol to the White House, Pennsylvania is “America’s Main Street,” a ceremonial avenue that for more than 200 years has provided a setting for the free expression that embodies the First Amendment. The . . . — — Map (db m37255) HM
Suffragist Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) advocated a more militant strategy for the woman suffrage movement, which was decades old when she came along, and short on victories. With others she founded the National Woman's Party.
She and her . . . — — Map (db m141267) HM
Ida Wells-Barnett crusaded aggressively for civil rights her entire life and was unafraid to exercise those rights when custom ran contrary to the law. Involved in many civil rights causes, she played leadership roles in the women’s suffrage . . . — — Map (db m91878) HM
In 1889, with Ellen Gates Starr, Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the nation’s first settlement houses. It served as a community center for the poor and its success helped lead to the creation of hundreds of similar organizations in . . . — — Map (db m91873) HM
Blessed with an industrious and self-disciplined spirit, Susan B. Anthony persevered through the prejudice and culture of her time to emerge as the architect of a movement which secured the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to . . . — — Map (db m92190) HM
Step back into the 19th century with a walk down Grant Road, ahead and to your left. This winding byway recalls Tenleytown’s farming past. In fact Grant Road’s undisturbed quality earned it National Historic District and DC Historic District . . . — — Map (db m130920) HM
“ The population of Fellsmere is of a high type of intelligence, with lofty ideals and wise execution. Progressive in all things, perhaps no better indication of the fact may be given than the unanimous vote of the town granting unrestricted . . . — — Map (db m14303) HM
John Martin was born in Plainfield, Marion County, Florida on June 21, 1884. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1914. He joined the Democratic Party and toured the state making speeches in support of President Woodrow Wilson before and during . . . — — Map (db m79523) HM
Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur-Covington road. Married in 1853 to Dr. William H. Felton, later Member of Congress and a trustee of the . . . — — Map (db m33831) HM
A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the tombs of some 200 Confederate soldiers. Among those buried here are Anna Caroline Benning (1853-1935), who formed the . . . — — Map (db m46947) HM
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) was the first woman to serve in Congress: being elected from Montana in 1916 before women had the right to vote in other states. She was active in women's suffrage and was a peace advocate who opposed all war. She was . . . — — Map (db m14079) HM
"Who shall say, I am the superior, and you are the inferior?" asked Lincoln in July 1858. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on slavery. During the October 13th Quincy debate Lincoln affirmed: "...in the right to eat the bread . . . — — Map (db m58798) HM
Louise DeKoven Bowen
Social Reformer
1859 - 1953
Although she lived with all the privileges of wealth,
Louise DeKoven Bowen dedicated her life to social
reform in Chicago. Her tireless efforts for the rights
of women, children, . . . — — Map (db m188525) HM
In 1913, Ida B. Wells-Barnett organized black-led Alpha Suffrage Club to promote women's right to vote. Former meeting site one block north. — — Map (db m191130) HM
Pres. Illinois Equal Suffrage Assn 1912-1920. Led state campaign for ratification of suffrage amendment. Former home on this site. — — Map (db m185002) HM
On April 6, 1891, attorney Ellen Martin & 14 women voted in Lombard election asserting town charter gave right to all citizens of voting age. — — Map (db m173085) HM
Daughter of prominent civic leader Colonel John Thomas, Alexander-Bahrenburg in 1887 took over management of Belleville Citizen's Horse Railway. In 1900 she was elected one of the first female trustees of the University of Illinois. She became in . . . — — Map (db m152949) HM
She encouraged local efforts to form First Presbyterian Church, establish a public library, support the national Women's Suffrage Movement, and donated land for Fort Wayne's first African-American church.
The Hamilton Estate on Clinton Street . . . — — Map (db m16967) HM
Suffragist and political activist Grace Julian Clarke moved to Irvington by 1874 and lived in the house here. She earned her BA and MA from Butler University. As Indiana Federation of Clubs president, 1910 to 1911, she advanced women’s social and . . . — — Map (db m174678) HM
Despite their role as engaged citizens and taxpayers, before 1920, women had little voice in the government whose laws affected them. Indiana women worked for suffrage for decades, starting with the 1851 formation of the Indiana Woman's Rights . . . — — Map (db m193808) HM
Born in Wisconsin, May Wright Sewall earned bachelor's and master's degrees from North Western Female College in Illinois. In the early 1870s, she moved with her first husband to Franklin, Ind., where she became a high school principal. He died . . . — — Map (db m187296) HM
May Wright Sewall (1844-1920) was an educator, cultural leader, and organizer of the woman's suffragette movement in Indianapolis. She formed the Art Association of Indianapolis, which became the John Herron Institute and later became the IU Herron . . . — — Map (db m132713) HM
The second of seven children of a Quaker cotton manufacturer and abolitionist, Susan Brownell Anthony learned to read and write at just 3 years old. Her father structured her upbringing around self-discipline, principled beliefs and self-respect. . . . — — Map (db m132842) HM
Born August 6, 1817 in Kentucky and came to Indianapolis with her family in the early 1830s. Was a charter member of the Church of Christ (later Central Christian Church) 1833. Married David Wallace (later governor) 1836. Was first president of . . . — — Map (db m4629) HM
Physician and women's rights leader Dr. Mary Wilhite was born and raised in Montgomery County. She graduated from Penn Medical University in Philadelphia in 1856 and opened a practice in Crawfordsville, making her one of the fist trained female . . . — — Map (db m177694) HM
Born in Randolph Co. circa 1828 to Quaker family, Way was advocate for women’s rights and temperance. Founding member of Indiana Woman’s Rights Association, 1851; participant in “Whisky Riot” here, 1854; and nurse in Civil War. She . . . — — Map (db m120249) HM
(Side One)
When this meeting house was dedicated 1898, membership in Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Winchester was largest in the world. Migration of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) into this area began 1814 with the arrival . . . — — Map (db m69283) HM
(Side One)
A political leader defined by his moral convictions, Julian (1817-1899) advocated for abolition, equal rights and land reform, during a period marked by slavery, Civil War, monopolies, and discrimination against blacks, . . . — — Map (db m69282) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m270) HM
The fork of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers was recognized as an ideal site a military post as early 1834. Fort Des Moines was established in 1843, but was abandoned in 1846 following the treaty whereby the Sauk and Mesquakie Indians relinquished . . . — — Map (db m33004) HM
Commitment to Educational Excellence Born August 23, 1846, Bell Babb Mansfield moved to Mount Pleasant — known as “the Athens of Iowa” — in 1860. At Iowa Wesleyan University, she earned the B.A. in 1866, M.A. in 1870, and LL.D. in 1872. . . . — — Map (db m177823) HM
Belle Babb Mansfield, first U.S. woman attorney 1869. Elected Pres., Iowa Woman Suffrage Convention 1870. Taught at IW 1873-1881. — — Map (db m177820) HM
The fork of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers was recognized as an ideal site a military post as early 1834. Fort Des Moines was established in 1843, but was abandoned in 1846 following the treaty whereby the Sauk and Mesquakie Indians relinquished . . . — — Map (db m33009) HM
The Council Bluffs area was the scene of such important events in Iowa history as the explorations of Lewis and Clark, the Mormon Trail, the Missouri River steamboat traffic and the railroad industry. Francois Guittar established the first white . . . — — Map (db m33290) HM
The Council Bluffs area was the scene of such important events in Iowa history as the explorations of Lewis and Clark, the Mormon Trail, the Missouri River steamboat traffic and the railroad industry. Francois Guittar established the first white . . . — — Map (db m33291) HM
Side A Northern Iowa landforms result from the action of 3 separate glacial ice sheets. Clear Lake, south of here, is one of the many Iowa lakes formed by glacial action. Pilot Knob, a glacially formed hill west of here, is one of highest . . . — — Map (db m23264) HM
This building is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Schenck Smith, the daughter and wife of Army officers. In 1920, Mrs. Smith founded the Fort Leavenworth Women's Club, the forerunner of today's Wives' Club. Agendas included women's . . . — — Map (db m66675) HM
Daniel Read Anthony, born on February 15, 1820 and his sister, Susan Brownell Anthony, born on August 22, 1824, had tremendous influence over the course of events in Kansas and the nation. Daniel's influence was felt through his newspaper and Susan . . . — — Map (db m42150) HM
Delaware, 1st State
December 7, 1787
1609 • Henry Hudson visited Delaware Bay
1638 • Swedish colonists established Fort Christina, Delaware's first permanent settlement, and founded the colony of New Sweden
1655 • Dutch captured New . . . — — Map (db m47214) HM
The first woman elected to Kentucky
legislature, 1921. Mary E. Flanery
elected to House of Representatives
from Boyd County. She had worked
for woman suffrage; was concerned
with marriage and divorce laws
and educational reform. At her
death, . . . — — Map (db m126102) HM
Physician & teacher spoke
here at 1887 State Assoc. of
Colored Teachers Meeting
advocating women's suffrage.
Speech in national newspaper. — — Map (db m132656) HM
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