Check out the article submitted by the National Votes for Women Trail committee chair, Nancy Brown, on page 25. Enjoy the entire issue here: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NWHA-2022-Magazine.pdf
Maryland Unveiled NVWT Pomeroy Marker in Westminster On December 4
(Photo credits: Kalin Thomas & Steve Bodnar) Unveiling the Mary B. Shellman historic marker at the Historical Society of Carroll County: Maria Johnson Darby (Maryland Women's Heritage Center Board President), Ed Rothstein (Carroll County…
NVWT Historical Marker Dedication for Catharine Waugh McCulloch
The Evanston Women’s History Project held the dedication of the National Votes for Women Trail Marker for Catharine Waugh McCulloch on Saturday, October 30th at 11 am in newly renovated…
NVWT Pomeroy Marker in honor of suffrage leader Margaret White Houston Georgetown, Delaware, October 23, 2021 – At a ceremony dedicating a NVWT Pomeroy Marker in honor of suffrage leader…
A National Votes for Women Trail marker for the Alpha Suffrage Club was unveiled on Friday October 1 in Chicago. The Alpha Suffrage Club was founded in 1913 by journalist…
Wilmington, Delaware Dedicates Four Pomeroy Suffrage Markers
Wilmington, Delaware – On September 28, 2021, National Voter Registration Day, at the site of the former Thomas Garrett Settlement House, Wilmington dedicated four Pomeroy Markers honoring the work of…
Sandy Spring Museum dedicated marker honoring Mary Bentley Thomas and Carolyn Hallowell Miller
(Photo: Kathi Santora) Mary Bentley Thomas descendants stand at her marker with Steve Bodner of the Pomeroy Foundation The Sandy Spring Museum, in Sandy Spring, MD, on Sunday, September 12, honored…
Suffrage Marker Dedication Honoring Emily Pierson of Cromwell, CT
The NVWT Pomeroy marker dedication held on September 14 began with a curation of suffrage speech excerpts by honoree Emily Pierson, performed by the Cromwell Historical Society. An overview of National Votes…
Celebrating Women’s Suffrage with Wyoming’s First Historic Marker on the National Votes for Women Trail
August 9, 2021 CHEYENNE, WY – In 2020, the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation partnered to launch a new historic marker program commemorating…
Historic Denver Hosted Marker Dedication for Molly Brown
Historic Denver’s Molly Brown House Museum is the newest site for a historic marker on the National Votes for Women Trail. Launched by The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites…
Votes for Women Trail Marker at the Girlhood Home of Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home and Museum, located near Charles City, Iowa, held a dedication of a NVWT marker on July 9, 2021.The National 19th Amendment Society (NNAS), the non-profit organization…
Dedication for New Pembina Marker Honoring Ojibwa Suffragist
Pembina, North Dakota - A special program dedicating the new historic marker honoring Ojibwa attorney Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (1863-1952), a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, took…
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Hosted Marker Dedication
On Tuesday, June 29 Louisiana's Old State Capitol unveiled the first Votes for Women marker in Louisiana as part of the Votes for Women Trail. It was in this statehouse…
Dover, Delaware, June 26, 2021 – At a ceremony dedicating the state’s first Pomeroy Marker in honor of suffrage leader Mabel Lloyd Ridgely (1872-1962), The Honorable Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware’s at-large representative…
June 4, 2021. On this day 102 years ago the United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment, sending it to the states to be ratified. Today we commemorated the pioneering…
The Woman's Improvement Association NVWT Pomeroy marker was installed in Pioneer Women's Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on March 22, 2021. The League of Women Voters of Southern New…
City of Havre de Grace Dedicated Suffrage Marker on NVWT
Image credit: Pat Venturino-Venture Photos A significant moment in Harford County Women’s Suffrage history was recognized on March 27, 2021, at 1:00 P.M. Havre de Grace dedicated and unveiled the state of…
Skinner Marker in Dunedin Dedicated – First Marker in State of Florida
On Friday, March 5, a National Votes for Women Trail Pomeroy marker was dedicated in Dunedin, Florida, the first in the state. The marker honors Elizabeth Skinner. In attendance were…
Patagonia, AZ installs Pomeroy Marker at 1914 Grammar School
A brief ceremony to celebrate the installation of the Pomeroy marker at the Patagonia Museum in Patagonia, AZ, was to take place along with their annual meeting on Saturday, January 23,…
NVWT Pomeroy marker installed in Mount Pleasant, IA for Belle Babb Mansfield
On November 12, a Pomeroy marker honoring Belle Babb Mansfield was unveiled on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, IA, as part of their annual Belle Babb…
NVWT marker installed for Lucy Clark in Farmington, UT
Utah installed a Pomeroy marker for Lucy Clark in Farmington in early November with the hope that they would be able to at least have a small public unveiling. Unfortunately,…
The Golden Valley Historical Society dedicated a new historic marker honoring early “Votes for Women” advocates on the grounds of the Golden Valley County Museum lawn in Beach, on Saturday,…
NVWT Marker Installed in Union Springs, NY for Zobedia Alleman
A NVWT marker honoring Zobedia Alleman was installed in Union Springs, NY, on October 6, 2020. The Happenings of Union Springs Facebook page posted a live video of the installation.…
NCWHS President writes piece on hometown of Huntsville’s suffrage recognition
National Collaborative for Women's History Sites President, Marsha Weinstein wrote this op-ed piece about her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, and their efforts in sharing the stories of women suffrage in…
Birthplace of Elizabeth Cady Stanton has a Number of Ties to NVWT
NCWHS Board member and NVWT chair, Nancy Brown was featured in an article in her local newspaper about her ties to the National Votes for Women Trail, along with other…
Are you between the ages of 13 and 17? 1. Visit nvwt.org. Click on “View the Trail”. There you will find inspiring stories about suffragist activities that took place throughout…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton descendant: Preserve these forgotten stories – Opinion by Coline Jenkins
Coline Jenkins, great-great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, wrote an opinion piece featured on CNN's digital platform in which she talks about the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites and the…
Become a Trailblazer: Uncovering the Whole Story of Women’s Suffrage
The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission partnered with the National Votes for Women Trail for a brown bag webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Watch the webinar below to learn about…
The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission is Partnering with the National Votes for Women Trail
The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission is partnering with the National Votes for Women Trail to document suffrage sites around the country and the stories that go with them. The Women’s…
National Votes for Women Trail state coordinator for Delaware, Anne Boylan, curated the "Votes for Delaware Women" exhibition at the University of Delaware Library's Special Collections department. Though the library…
Three New Books Published by Members of the NCWHS Research & Interpretation Committee
Three members of the NCWHS Research & Interpretation Committee are publishing books of interest to NCWHS members. Beyond Bars and Brothels: Discovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community Jean Ellis’s…
Goucher College Unveils Roadside Marker Honoring Suffragette History
Baltimore Magazine covers the installation of a Pomeroy Marker at Goucher College; https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/goucher-college-unveils-roadside-marker-honoring-suffragette-history
Representing the suffragists of our country would be impossible for just 100 people. There are simply too many luminaries, not to mention the throngs of unrecognized women we are working…
NCWHS is hiring! Historian/Project Managers & Historian/Researchers
Historian/Project Manager: National Votes for Women Trail The National Collaborative of Women’s History Sites seeks a historian to work as Project Manager supervising a team preparing roadside marker nominations as…
Felice Cohn Pomeroy Marker unveiled in Carson City, Nevada
The second Pomeroy Marker in Nevada was installed on December 10, 2019, in Carson City, Nevada. The marker is prominently displayed on the Main Street and at the entrance to…
The first Nevada suffrage marker was installed on 11/22 at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, NV. NCWHS board member Goodwin worked with representatives of the Hotel and with the Town…
Augusta Chissell & Margaret Gregory Hawkins Pomeroy Marker Dedication
A dedication ceremony of suffrage marker on the National Votes for Women Trail recognizing African American Suffrage Leaders, Augusta Chissell & Margaret Gregory Hawkins Pomeroy, occurred in Baltimore, MD on…
A sincere thank you who supported our GoFundMe campaign! Because of your support, and an incredible number of in kind donations by talented women, we reached our goal of creating…
National Votes for Women Trail Pomeroy marker honoring Dr. Mary Ellen Britton
On Sunday, March 24th at 1:30 p.m. 2019, the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 124 E. Walnut Street in Danville, KY sponsored a dedication ceremony for a…
Josephine Henry's Pomeroy Marker Dedication Ceremony took place on August 25, 2019, in Versailles, Kentucky In photo, from left to right, Marsha Weinstein, President, NCWHS, Coline Jenkins, great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,…
Messenger-Inquirer: Groups gearing up for suffrage centennial
From: https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/groups-gearing-up-for-suffrage-centennial/article_c3410dd0-1b5e-5e6d-89ca-a0750dea2319.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share Never, ever give up if you are on the path to righteousness Marsha Weinstein said Sunday during the Women's Equality Day event at the Owensboro Museum of…
Monumental Women’s Statue Fund Announces Redesigned First Statue of Real Women in Central Park, Featuring Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2019 Contact: Anat Gerstein, anat@anatgerstein.com or 646-321-4400 (New York, NY) – Today, Monumental Women’s Statue Fund announced a redesigned statue that will honor pioneering women’s…
National Votes for Women’s Trail Marker to Honor Kentucky Suffragist Josephine Henry
MEDIA INQUIRIES: Marsha Weinstein, National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites 502-819-2537 Judy Phillips, Woodford County Historical Society 859-879-8667 (Versailles, KY) The centennial of suffrage for many women in the United States…
A Call for Volunteers to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffrage Activists
This is a call for volunteers to research and write 500-word biographical sketches of grassroots woman suffrage activists. Thanks for considering the possibility. Since March 2015 the online journal and…
Pomeroy rep. at Seneca Falls William G. Pomeroy representative, Paula Miller, comes to the podium to talk to a crowd at Seneca Falls about the Pomeroy marker/ National Collaborative for…