On La Silva Drive, 0.2 miles south of Military Way, on the right when traveling south.
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 Suffrage . . . — — Map (db m2718) HM
On West Walnut Street east of North Pierson Street, in the median.
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
On Esplanade Street near Pottawatomie Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Toledo Road just west of America Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
The Constitution
The colonists had been bristling under British rule for ten years when the First Continental Congress convened in the Fall of 1774. On April 19, 1775, the Revolution began, and by the end of 1777, the Congress had written . . . — — Map (db m145907) HM
Near South Potomac Street (Maryland Route 65) just north of West Memorial Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Hagerstown, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh moved to New York State with her family at age twelve. She married wealthy abolitionist and philanthropist Gerrit Smith in 1822. Together, they were pioneers in the abolition and womens' rights movements, . . . — — Map (db m146015) HM
The major industries established in Florence during the 19th century were founded by reform-minded individuals who championed progressive causes throughout their lives. Their success in business was matched by their generosity in giving. Many of the . . . — — Map (db m168919) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 3) south of School Street, on the right when traveling north.
Abolitionists, Suffragists & Philanthropists
Fifteen-year-old Nathaniel White arrived in Concord, virtually penniless, to work as a clerk in a Main Street hotel.
Six years later, in 1832, he had saved sufficiently to become a partner . . . — — Map (db m115905) HM
Near New York State Route 31 at West Brutus Street.
The Erie Canal tied together western New York and became a conduit for ideas as well as for commerce. Seneca Falls was the site of the first Women's Sufferage convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848 to advocate . . . — — Map (db m83670) HM
On North Market Street near West Main Street (New York State Route 29/67), on the right when traveling north.
Pioneer For Women's Rights
Was Born in Cady Home Located
On This Site
Erected By New York State Education Department
And Johnstown Chapter, D.A.R.
1937
Rededicated Sep. 18, 1975
— — Map (db m59062) HM
On South William Street, on the right when traveling south.
The History of Woman Suffrage in Four Volumes is the documentary masterpiece from 50 years of co-operative teamwork between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Both were outstanding leaders in the campaign for . . . — — Map (db m50238) HM
On W.Main Street at N. Market Street on W.Main Street.
1. Johnson Hall - 1763. Baronial home of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the British Crown. Johnson Hall is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Prior to the Revolutionary War, the home was a Native American trade and . . . — — Map (db m209349) HM
On North Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
Birthplace of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, 1815 - 1902
Pioneer of Women's Rights
A Leader in the Women's
Suffrage Movement.
George E. Pataki, Governor
— — Map (db m59068) HM
On West 94th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
A founder and leader of the
American women's rights movement
An ardent advocate of women's suffrage
and a tireless fighter for equality and justice,
she lived her last years at this site. — — Map (db m98512) HM
On Walnut Street at East Genesee Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street.
"There is a word sweeter than mother, home or heaven. That word is Liberty!" reads Matilda Joslyn Gage's tombstone. Gage worked throughout her life (1826-1898) to extend liberty and equality to women and to those held in slavery.
In her . . . — — Map (db m142753) HM
Near Boughton Hill Road (New York State Route 41) at Victor Holcomb Road (New York State Route 444).
The equality of Haudenosaunee women was assured from the foundation of the Confederacy. The first person to accept the Peacemaker's message was a woman, Jikonhsaseh. She secured the rights, responsibilities, and roles Haudenosaunee women continue to . . . — — Map (db m126250) HM
We want our many visitors to realize that they are looking at one of the single most important broad overviews of American history anywhere in the country! What you see before you is the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and "...most . . . — — Map (db m32346) HM
On Bayard Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Bayard Street.
1776
Abigail Adams entreats her husband
to "remember the ladies".
1777
Women lose the right to vote in New York.
1780
Women lose the right to vote in Massachusetts.
1784
Women lose the right to vote in New . . . — — Map (db m104714) HM
On Fall Street (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Mynderse Street, on the right when traveling west.
At first we traveled quite alone…but before we had gone many miles we came on the other wagon –load of women…and long before we reached Seneca Falls we were a procession.
Charlotte Woodward, about 1920
Here in the Wesleyan Chapel, at . . . — — Map (db m8202) HM
On Mynderse Street at Fall Street (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north on Mynderse Street.
On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel
Where the First Woman’s Rights Convention
in the World’s history was held
July 19 and 20 1848
———————
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moved this resolution
Which . . . — — Map (db m8128) HM
On Seneca Street east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
The landscape in front of you looked vastly different in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's day. Instead of a serene lake, mills and factories lined the much narrower Seneca-Cayuga Canal and Seneca River. Canal boats plied the waterways; trains on the . . . — — Map (db m104835) HM
On Washington Street just north of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
When the Stanton family moved to Seneca Falls in 1847, the house was nearly twice as large as it now is but dilapidated and overgrown. Acting as her own general contractor, Elizabeth Cady Stanton hired workers and oversaw its refurbishment. The . . . — — Map (db m65313) HM
On Washington Street, 0.1 miles south of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Stanton House: Shaping a Reformer
When Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved into this house in 1847, she was a socially conscious wife, mother, and housekeeper. When she and her family left in 1862, she was a leader of the nation's emerging . . . — — Map (db m65318) HM
On Washington Street, 0.1 miles south of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
In pursuit of women’s rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton developed a network that included some of the most famous reformers in American history. Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Coffin Mott and her sister Martha Coffin Wright, William Lloyd Garrison, and — . . . — — Map (db m65311) HM
On East Bayard Street, 0.1 miles east of Ovid Street.
In May 1851, there was a chance encounter on the streets of Seneca Falls which forever altered the struggle for women's rights. Amelia Jenks Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The friendship that was forged between . . . — — Map (db m65248) HM
On East Williams Street just east of North Virginia Street.
"Dear Elizabeth,
Rain or shine I intend to spend Sunday with you that we may all together concoct a declaration. I have drawn up one but you may suggest alterations & improvements for I know it is not as perfect a declaration as should go . . . — — Map (db m60132) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 20) just west of Thurber Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Welcome to one of the few national parks dedicated to a social movement - women's rights.
Here in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, in living rooms and on front porches, in private and in public, a group of five women started a movement that would . . . — — Map (db m60136) HM
On East Williams Street close to North Virginia Street, on the right when traveling east.
Welcome to one of the few national parks dedicated to a social movement - women's rights.
Here in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, in living rooms and on front porches, in private and in public, a group of five women started a movement that would . . . — — Map (db m60134) HM
On East Spring Street at Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on East Spring Street.
Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling"
Home of Two Miami University Presidents
Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced . . . — — Map (db m225372) HM
Near Casement Avenue north of Woodsworth Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The Casement House. Western Reserve agriculturalist Charles Clement
Jennings built the Casement House, also known
as the “Jennings Place,” for his daughter Frances
Jennings Casement in 1870. Designed by Charles W.
Heard, son-in-law and . . . — — Map (db m134514) HM
Near Lorton Road at Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east.
"Forward Out of Darkness," Women on the Margins of a New Nation, 1776 and Prior
“Remember the Ladies… If particular [sic] care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, . . . — — Map (db m196692)
On Occoquan Regional Park Road near Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
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 m168931) 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 m190492) HM