Suffrage100MA, the City of Cambridge, Office of the City Manager, and Cambridge Historical Commission unveiled a Massachusetts women’s suffrage marker for Maria L. Baldwin on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave, Cambridge. See event photos below! Thanks to the wonderful speakers: Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui Cambridge City Councilor E. […]
Suffrage Markers
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Sojourner Truth historic marker unveiled in Florence
June 8, 2023 – NORTHAMPTON — A new marker is now on display in Florence which celebrates the time that Sojourner Truth spent in western Massachusetts — one…
Boston Globe: Concert to celebrate ‘Three Women’ of the Boston Women’s Memorial
The Boston Globe, May 4, 2023 – Since 2003, the Boston Women’s Memorial has stood on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, on the block between Fairfield Street and Gloucester Street. Designed by New York-based artist Meredith Bergmann, the monument includes a trio of bronze sculptures featuring three important literary Bostonian women of the 18th and 19th […]
Sojourner Truth Celebration May 28, 2023
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee (STMC), Suffrage100MA and the city of Northampton, Massachusetts hosted the Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 2pm at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Park in the village of Florence, Northampton. Honoring the legacy of extraordinary abolitionist, suffragist, and activist Sojourner Truth, the event featured the annual scholarship […]
Sarah E. Wall: Worcester
Remond Family: Salem
Anne L. Page: Danvers
Telegram & Gazette: Suffragist Sarah E. Wall honored with marker at location of home that city took in 1863
October 25, 2022 – A marker honoring a 19th-century Worcester suffragist was unveiled Monday at Sycamore and Main streets. The marker observes Sarah E. Wall’s efforts toward women’s rights when she refused to pay property taxes on her home at 2 Sycamore St. starting in 1851 on account of not being able to vote as a […]
Spectrum News 1: Trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall unveiled in Worcester
October 24, 2022 – The City of Worcester unveiled a trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall Monday. Wall was a women’s rights activist and abolitionist from Worcester. The marker, at the corner of Sycamore Street and Main Street, is near Wall’s former property and is part of the National Votes for […]
Sarah E. Wall Women’s Suffrage Marker in Worcester
On Monday, October 24, 2022, Suffrage100MA and the City of Worcester, MA unveiled an historic women’s suffrage marker honoring the legacy of Sarah E. Wall at the corner of Sycamore Street and Main Street, Worcester, MA. The marker celebrates Wall’s tax protest for women’s voting rights and will encourage passers-by to learn more. The marker […]
