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Women's Suffrage 🗳️ Historical Markers

These markers relate for women's fight for the right to vote, a key issue for First-Wave Feminism.
 
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By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012
William and Julia Lyman House Marker
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201Utah (Iron County), Parowan — William and Julia Lyman HouseUtah Historic Site
Constructed c. 1895, the William and Julia Lyman House is a type known as a central passage, where a central hallway divides the two equally sized main-floor rooms. The Lyman House is one of only a few of this type remaining in Parowan. The central . . . — Map (db m59600) HM
202Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 288 — Old City HallNow known as Council Hall
Constructed in 1864-65 at 120 East 1st South, this red sandstone building served for nearly 30 years, 1866-1894, as the seat of government. Here the Territorial Legislature met and passed laws establishing free public schools, made appropriations . . . — Map (db m34994) HM
203Utah (Utah County), Lehi — 498 — Lehi Relief Society Hall
n 1881, this building was constructed as the Lehi First Ward Relief Society Hall. It was used as a gathering place for meetings and to display and sell homemade goods. The adobe building was completed in 1883. Funds for materials came from bake . . . — Map (db m150061) HM
204Vermont (Windham County), West Townshend — Clarina Howard Nichols
Born in West Townsend 1810, Clarina Howard became an early advocate of women’s rights. After a divorce in 1843 she married George Nichols. As editor of the Windham County Democrat she strongly advocated women’s property rights, child . . . — Map (db m23329) HM
205Vermont (Windsor County), Plymouth — Achsa W. Sprague (1827-1862)Spiritualist and Reformer
Achsa Sprague was born and lived in Plymouth Notch, teaching in the stone school by age 12. At 20, she contracted a mysterious disease and spent seven years bedridden, waking one day miraculously cured. Attributing recovery to angelic powers, she . . . — Map (db m103339) HM
206Virginia (Alexandria), Old Town — Mistress Margaret Brent(c1601–c1671)
On September 6, 1654, this site was included in a patent of 700 acres granted by the Colony of Virginia to Mistress Margaret Brent (c1601–c1671). An extraordinary woman, she spent most of her adult life fighting discrimination of her sex, she . . . — Map (db m62020) HM
207Virginia (Alexandria), Old Town — The Remarkable Margaret BrentLandowner, Lawyer, Suffragette — 1601 - 1671 —
Despite occasional conflicts between European settlers and local Indians, Mistress Margaret Brent of Saint Mary’s City, Maryland, was granted the first land patent on Piper’s Island (later known as Jones Point) in 1654. An extraordinary woman for . . . — Map (db m62026) HM
208Virginia (Bath County), Warm Springs — Q-35 — Mary Johnston(1870 – 1936)
Mary Johnston, a novelist, historian, playwright, suffragist, and social advocate, lived here at Three Hills. Born in Botetourt County, Johnston published 23 novels between l898 and l936 and became the first woman to top best-seller lists in . . . — Map (db m69596) HM
209Virginia (Dinwiddie County), McKenney — K-304 — Sallie Jones Atkinson1860-1943
Sallie Jones Atkinson, prominent educator and community leader in Dinwiddie County and her husband, John Pryor Atkinson, gave the land on which Sunnyside High School was built in 1911. By her vision, tireless industry, and determination, the school . . . — Map (db m26838) HM
210Virginia (Fairfax County), Alexandria — E-69 — Little Hunting Creek
The Washington family land south of here, named Mount Vernon in the 1740s, was part of a grant made in 1677 by the Northern Neck proprietors to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Lt. Col. John Washington. George Washington’s great-grandfather. John . . . — Map (db m794) HM
211Virginia (Fairfax County), Lorton — E-61 — Occoquan Workhouse
In the nearby Occoquan Workhouse, from June to December, 1917, scores of women suffragists were imprisoned by the District of Columbia for picketing the White House demanding their right to vote. Their courage and dedication during harsh treatment . . . — Map (db m1032) HM
212Virginia (Fairfax County), Lorton — Occoquan Workhouse
This marker honors the suffragists imprisoned at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 and 1918, for picketing the White House to gain support for an amendment to the Constitution to give women the right to vote. The women were members of the National . . . — Map (db m30267) HM
213Virginia (Fairfax County), Occoquan — Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan WorkhouseOccoquan Regional Park
Adjacent to this park a group of women was imprisoned in 1917 for demanding the right to vote. The road to Occoquan Workhouse had started in 1848. In July 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York, officially opening the American women’s . . . — Map (db m2343) HM
214Virginia (Henrico County), Richmond — E 104-a — Adèle Goodman Clark
Adèle Goodman Clark fought tirelessly to champion both women’s rights and the arts in Virginia. Clark gained prominence for pro-suffrage speeches and writings as a founding member in 1909 of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. She used her . . . — Map (db m47379) HM
215Virginia (Norfolk), Downtown — KV-21 — Pauline Adams(1874-1957)
Pauline Adams, a native of Ireland who immigrated to the United States in her youth, was a woman’s rights activist who advocated a militant approach to the campaign for suffrage. The Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk was formed at her house in Ghent . . . — Map (db m104849) HM
216Virginia (Northumberland County), Lottsburg — O-48 — Holley Graded School
In 1868, Caroline Putnam (1826–1917) established a school for the children of former slaves here. In 1869, her lifelong friend, Sallie Holley (1818–1893) of N.Y., abolitionist and suffragette, purchased this two-acre site. Holley was an . . . — Map (db m22532) HM
217Virginia, Richmond — SA-86 — The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
Eighteen women dedicated to obtaining the vote and expanding women’s traditional roles formed the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL) at 919 West Franklin Street on 20 Nov. 1909. Under Lila Meade Valentine’s leadership, the ESL grew to more than . . . — Map (db m64137) HM
218Washington (King County), Seattle — Pioneer Square Historic District
[This marker is consists of seven panels and a map which deal with various aspects to the history of Pioneer Square. The panels are clustered together in Occidental Park in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Historic District.] [Panel . . . — Map (db m69830) HM
219Washington (Pierce County), Tacoma — Emma Smith Devoe1848 - 1927
Emma Smith Devoe moved to Tacoma in 1905. She was President of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association and worked constantly to win the women's right to vote. — Map (db m99340) HM
220West Virginia (Jefferson County), Bardane — Peter Burr / William Burr HousesWest Virginia 9 — Charles Town to Martinsburg —
On the east side of WV 9 is one of the oldest standing frame (post and beam) buildings in West Virginia. It was constructed in three sections, with the oldest, 1½-story eastern section dating between 1751 and 1755. The voids between the . . . — Map (db m148882) HM
221West Virginia (Marshall County), Glen Dale — Harriet B. Jones(b. 3 June 1856; d. 28 June 1943)
Born 3 June 1856, in 1885 was first licensed woman physician in state; opened private practice then hospital in Wheeling, 1892. Jones was active in temperance and women's suffrage; and promoted establishment of state sanitariums in Terra Alta & . . . — Map (db m57247) HM
222Wisconsin (Columbia County), Portage — 513 — Zona Gale
Zona Gale was born August 26, 1874, in Portage. She graduated in 1899 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters in Literature. Gale then spent six years as a journalist in Milwaukee and New York. Her visits to Portage . . . — Map (db m20009) HM
223Wisconsin (Dane County), Madison — 91 — La Follette House1854
"Fighting Bob" La Follette and his wife Belle Case La Follette moved into this dignified old residence in 1881. Both graduated from the UW Law School, Belle being the first woman to do so. Both became preeminent state and national political figures, . . . — Map (db m90021) HM
224Wisconsin (Fond du Lac County), Ripon — 273 — Carrie Chapman Catt
A national leader of the woman suffrage movement, Carrie Chapman Catt was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859 and spent most of her life as a tireless crusader for women’s rights. A gifted organizer, political strategist and public speaker, Catt . . . — Map (db m4331) HM
225Wisconsin (Green Lake County), Berlin — 362 — Lucy Smith Morris(1850 – 1935)
Before women achieved the right to vote, clubs often served as women's political and cultural forums. Foreseeing the political power of a statewide alliance of women, Lucy Smith Morris organized Wisconsin's women's clubs into one coalition in 1896. . . . — Map (db m20162) HM
226Wisconsin (Richland County), Richland Center — 363 — Ada James1876 – 1952
Born in Richland Center, Ada James was an important suffrage leader, campaigning throughout Wisconsin in support of women’s right to vote. In 1919, James mobilized her father, a state legislator, to deliver Wisconsin’s ratification papers to . . . — Map (db m18779) HM
227Wyoming (Albany County), Laramie — First Ladies
Four plaques are located around a monument locate on the Ivinson Mansion grounds in Laramie, Wyoming. Laramie Woman's Club, organized in 1898, honors Laramie's "First Ladies" who pioneered civic and political responsibility by women . . . — Map (db m89657) HM
228Wyoming (Albany County), Laramie — Laramie
Founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie was named after the fur trader Jacques LaRamie. The first female jurors served here in 1870 after Wyoming Territory in 1869, for the first time in history, gave women full . . . — Map (db m67993) HM
229Wyoming (Albany County), Laramie — Laramie
Founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie was named after the fur trader Jacques LaRamie. The first female jurors served here in 1870 after Wyoming Territory, in 1869, for the first time in history, gave women full . . . — Map (db m76789) HM
230Wyoming (Albany County), Laramie — The Franchise
The Franchise by John D. Baker The title “The Franchise” refers to the recognition and bestowal of the right of women to vote under full civil equality with men. In 1869, Wyoming became the first state or territory to grant this . . . — Map (db m76744) HM
231Wyoming (Fremont County), South Pass City — Esther Hobart Morris
Two related, side-by-side markers pay tribute to Esther Hobart Morris. Home & office site of Esther Hobart Morris First woman Justice of the Peace in the World Feb. 14, 1870 . . . — Map (db m80149) HM
232Wyoming (Fremont County), South Pass City — South Pass and South Pass City
A region rich in history. A city rich in gold. From 1812 to 1868 this open country at the end of the Wind River Mountains provided a passage - the only passage - through the Rocky Mountain barrier of the Continental Divide for some 500,000 westering . . . — Map (db m80160) HM
233Wyoming (Laramie County), Cheyenne — Esther Hobart Morris
Proponent of the Legislative Act Which in 1869 gave distinction to the Territory of Wyoming as the 1st government in the world to grant Women Equal Rights — Map (db m47185) HM
234Wyoming (Laramie County), Cheyenne — Mrs. Esther Hobart Morris
Mother of Woman's Suffrage Lived Here in 1890 Born August 8, 1814 Spencer, N.Y. Died April 2, 1902 Cheyenne, Wyo — Map (db m95232) HM
235Wyoming (Laramie County), Cheyenne — Suffrage Tablet
This tablet marks the site where the council of the first Territorial Legislature of Wyoming convened which legislature enacted the first woman suffrage law passed in the United States. Approved by John Allen Campbell First Governor of . . . — Map (db m95199) HM
236Wyoming (Natrona County), Casper — Casper - Natrona County - State Founding
On April 9, 1889, application was made to have the town of Casper incorporated. John Merritt made the application in Rawlins, Wyoming since Casper was in Carbon County at that time. On July 8, 1889, Casper was incorporated and George Mitchell was . . . — Map (db m91890) HM
237Newfoundland and Labrador (Division No. 1 (Avalon Peninsula)), St. John's — Mary Meager Southcott(1862-1943)
English Educator, suffragist, and prominent nursing leader, Mary Southcott led the campaign to professionalize nursing in early 20th-century Newfoundland. Trained in London, England, she founded the St. John’s General Hospital School of . . . — Map (db m79031) HM
238Iceland, Capital Region Höfuðborgarsvæði, Reykjavik — Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason
Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason 14. Des. 1867-30. Okt. 1941 Fyrst kvenna kjörin til setu á Alþingi Alþingismaður 1922 - 1930 Gjöf til Alþingis á 100 ára áfmæli kosningaréttar kvenna 2015 - (English translation:) Ingibjörg H. . . . — Map (db m145032) HM
239Saint Lucia, Castries — Sir George Frederick Lawrence CharlesK.C.M.G. · C.B.E. · S.L.C. · J.P.
Born in Saint Lucia June 7, 1916 Pioneer of the Trade Union Movement 1946. Founding Father of the Saint Lucia Labour Party October 1950. First Minister of Education and Social Services March 1, 1956. First Chief Minister of Saint Lucia January 1, . . . — Map (db m94219) HM
240United Kingdom, England (Greater London County), London Borough of Camden — Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett1847 - 1929
pioneer of women's suffrage lived and died here — Map (db m110256) HM
241United Kingdom, England (Hampshire County), Portsmouth — Hertha AyrtonEngineer, Physicist, and Inventor
First Woman to be nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Suffragette and vigorous supporter of Women’s rights Born in Portsea on the site of this building in 1854 — Map (db m123193) HM
242United Kingdom, England (Leicestershire), Leicester — Agnes Archer Evans
City of Leicester Agnes Archer Evans (nee Kilgour) 1851-1924 Pioneering teacher of girls education, along with Anna Chrysogon Beale, at Belmont House School 1882-1893 Founding member & treasurer of the Leicester and Leicestershire . . . — Map (db m125123) HM
243United Kingdom, England (Northumberland), Newcastle upon Tyne — Suffragette Movement
Former Turk’s Head Hotel Suffragette Movement Meeting place where suffragettes celebrated the release of Kathleen Brown from Holloway Prison July 19th 1909 and stopped for refreshments on the march from Edinburgh to London, October . . . — Map (db m126658) HM

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