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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.
By Dawn Bowen, June 18, 2007
Old City Hall, Now Known as Council Hall
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On 300 North, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On North 200 West, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Route 30 at Windham Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Route 30. |
| | 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 |
| On Messer Hill Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near South Street near South Washington Street (Virginia Route 400). |
| | 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 |
| Near Jones Point Drive 0.2 miles east of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Sam Snead Highway (U.S. 220) at Three Hills Lane, on the left when traveling south on Sam Snead Highway. |
| | 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 |
| On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road (Virginia Route 610), on the right when traveling west on McKenney Highway. Reported missing. |
| | 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 |
| On George Washington Memorial Parkway (at milepost 1) at Stratford Lane, on the right when traveling east on George Washington Memorial Parkway. |
| | 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 |
| On Ox Road (Virginia Route 123) at Workhouse Road, on the right when traveling north on Ox Road. |
| | 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 |
| Near Ox Road (Virginia Route 123) at Lorton Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On Occoquan Regional Park Road near Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | 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 |
| On Brook Road (U.S. 1) at Wilmer Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Brook Road. |
| | 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 |
| On West Virginia Beach Boulevard (U.S. 58) at Llewellyn Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Virginia Beach Boulevard. Reported missing. |
| | 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 |
| On Northumberland Highway (U.S. 360), on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On West Franklin Street east of North Harrison Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| | [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 |
| On North 30th Street at North Carr Street, on the right when traveling west on North 30th Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Route 9 Bike Path 0.4 miles south of Luther Jones Road (County Road 16/4), on the right when traveling north. |
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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 |
| On Wheeling Avenue (West Virginia Route 2) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Wheeling Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Cook Street (State Highway 33) at Wisconsin Street (State Highway 16) on Cook Street. |
| | 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 |
| On South Broom Street at West Wilson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broom Street. |
| | "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 |
| On West Fond du Lac Street (State Highway 23 / 49) at Union Street on West Fond du Lac Street. |
| | 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 |
| On East Huron Street (State Highway 116) at North Church Street, on the left when traveling east on East Huron Street. |
| | 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 |
| On West 6th Street (U.S. 14) at North Orange Street (U.S. 14) on West 6th Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near East Ivinson Avenue near 6th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On S. 3rd Street (U.S. 287) north of E. Boswell Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| Near South 1st Street at East Kearney Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On South 2nd Street near East Garfield Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On South Pass Main Street near South Pass City Road / B Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Dickinson Avenue (State Highway 28) near South Pass City Road / B Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Capitol Avenue at 24th Street on Capitol Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Warren Avenue near East 22nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On West 17th Street near Capitol Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near Fort Caspar Road near Herold Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Forest Road just from Taaffe's Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Kirkjustræti at Kirkutorg on Kirkjustræti. |
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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
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(English translation:)
Ingibjörg H. . . . — — Map (db m145032) HM |
| | 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 |
| On Gower Street at Montague Place, on the left when traveling south on Gower Street. |
| |
pioneer of
women's suffrage
lived and
died here — — Map (db m110256) HM |
| On Queen Street at St. James’s Street, on the right when traveling east on Queen Street. |
| |
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 |
| On St Martins just from New Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Grey Street at Shakespeare Street, on the left when traveling north on Grey Street. |
| | 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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