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Of all the visits I have made to Still Pond to visit my daughter, it wasn’t until this last time that I noticed this most interesting historical marker. I was really taken aback by it, and decided to take a picture to share with the rest of you. These women were ahead of their time so here is hats off to Mary Jane, Anne, and Lillie for casting those first votes for the rest of us back in 1908.
"Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed,
despite this miserable guerilla opposition.”
~ Victoria Woodhull
"In 1872, Victoria Woodhullbegan her campaign for President. Her running mate was abolitionist, former slave and intellectual Frederick Douglass. At that time, women weren’t even allowed to vote yet, she was running for president.”
This post is linked to Lesley’s Signs, Signs.
This post is linked to Lesley’s Signs, Signs.
