Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853–1927) An American historian, Lucy taught at Vassar College from 1889-1927. She studied at Bryn Mawr under the future President Woodrow Wilson. At Vassar College she established the History department. Lucy taught her students to use critical thinking instead of rote memorization. She served on the National College Equal Suffrage League and on the Executive Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Section H, Lot 36 342 South Avenue, Poughkeepsie , NY 12602-0977 Dutchess County Learn More

Maud Nathan (1862–1946) Maud was a social worker, labor activist, and suffragist for women's right to vote. Lobbying Albany on consumer issues made Maud realize how little legislators cared about the opinions of vote-less women and so she became more involved in suffrage activities. In 1908, Maud published a pamphlet entitled The Wage Earner and the Ballot which pointed out that in suffrage states the age of consent was higher, the illiteracy rate was lower, women were paid more for civil service jobs, and there were stronger child labor laws. Beth Olom Cemetery ​ 2 Cypress Hlls Street, Ridgewood, NY 11208 Queens County Learn More

Jennie E. White (1856–1936) A lifelong teacher, Jennie began her career in a small rural school near her home, then taught at Porter School, which at that time was in the town of Geddes. She then became the assistant to the late Miss Mary Flanagan, the principal of Delaware School. Jennie served as principal of the old grade school on Magnolia Street until the new school was erected on Bellevue Heights. In the early 1890's she became its principal, serving until 1923 when she retired after 55 years as a teacher in the Syracuse and vicinity schools. Jennie E. White was an officer of the Women’s Rights Convention and was awarded an honorary degree at the convocation of the University of the State of New York in 1927 in recognition of her outstanding record in Education. From the Syracuse Herald Feb. 4, 1936 Saint Agnes Cemetery Section 12 2315-17 S Avenue to Valley Drive, Syracuse, NY 13207 Onondaga County Learn More

Laura Arnold Murray (1793–1865) Laura is described by Victor historian Babette Huber as the town of Victor's earliest known suffragette. In August of 1848, Rochester, NY was planning a Convention for Women's Rights. Laura was elected Vice President of the committee conducting the convention. This gathering was held two weeks after the Seneca Falls convention and was reported as being well attended. Her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Murray Walling, was an active suffragette who worked closely with Susan B Anthony. Little else is know about Laura Murray's contributions but it is clear that she set a strong example for her daughter. If you know more about her, you can help us tell her story. Please use our Add a Suffragist form to submit your information. Mount Hope Cemetery ​ Mount Hope Ave, Rochester, NY 14620 Monroe County Learn More

Ella Hawley Crossett (1853–1925) Ella was always devoted to her home, Hillcrest, in Warsaw, and to the cause of women's suffrage. In September,1891 she organized a convention in Warsaw where the Wyoming County Suffrage Association was formed with Ella named as president, a position that she held for many years. Shortly thereafter the Warsaw Political Equality Club was formed and Ella was named president of this group as well, a position she retained until national women's suffrage was enacted into law. Warsaw Cemetery ​ Route 19, Warsaw, NY 14569 Wyoming County Learn More

Lorena Weller Drummond (1859–1930) Rena was a leading citizen of Shortsville as well as an active member of the Presbyterian Church there where she was a member of the Women's Organization. In May of 1916, she attended the Ontario County Suffrage Convention held in Shortsville. No other documentation of her contributions was found. If you know more about her, you can help us tell her story. Please use our Add a Suffragist form to submit your information. Brookside Cemetery Section A, Lot 114 18 Hebron Avenue, Shortsville, NY 14548 Ontario County Learn More

Emeline Smith Hicks (1816–1903) As a member of the Rensselaer County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Emeline Hicks took on several leadership roles and served as president of her local Lansingburgh union. Her temperance work connected her to the suffrage movement with many activists devoted to both issues, and Emeline is listed as president of the New York Woman Suffrage Association’s Lansingburgh club in a report dated 1894. In 1896, as a widow in her 80s, Emeline lacked the resources to make a monetary contribution, so she chose to sew a quilt and donate it to the association. She requested that the quilt be given directly to Susan B. Anthony to help raise money for the cause. In the letter that accompanied the quilt, Emeline wrote: “I hope that showers of blessings may rest upon the quilt in its meanderings to and fro, and that it bless you with a handsome sum for helping lift the burden from the State Suffrage association. When its meanderings are over, and it is nestled quietly in its own home, I would like to know the result.” June 13, 1903 Th[e] Matron of the Home for the Friendless, Lansingburg, N.Y. Dear Friend,– I had a letter addressed to Mrs. Emeline S. Hicks returned to me today saying she was dead. I send it to you that you may see that I always thought a great deal of her. She was faithful to the cause of Woman Suffrage. She frequently wrote me letters, and a few years ago made a quilt that was struck off for $60 or $70, to help the cause. If you would write a word with regard to her I would be greatly obliged to you. Sincerely Yours, Susan B. Anthony Oakwood Cemetery Section F, Lot 142, Grave 2 50 101st Street, Troy, NY, 12182 Rensselaer County Learn More

Elizabeth Best Ford (1869–1953) Elizabeth was the founding mother of the St. Lawrence County League (of Women Voters). She was the chair for several years, and the regional chair for the area. In a letter in the League archive, the author describes being motored to Ogdensburg by Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, to call upon each of the members to rejoin and to recruit new members. Evergreen Cemetery ​ 2455 NY-68 at US 11, Canton, NY 13617 St. Lawrence County Learn More

Helen Hoy Greeley (1878–1965) Helen was an attorney who was an early member of the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, emphasizing a militant, aggressive form of activism in support of women's enfranchisement. Over her activist career, she was also a founding member of the College Equal Suffrage League of New York and the Original Woman Suffrage Party. Helen held leadership roles in the Nineteenth Assembly District, Borough of Brooklyn and Borough of Manhattan Woman Suffrage Parties, and served on committees of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She marched in the first New York suffrage parade, and is credited with beginning the practice of intensive district street speaking, demonstrating its effectiveness by speaking 56 consecutive nights on one street corner, 96th Street and Broadway. Albany Rural Cemetery Section 108, Plot 83 Cemetery Avenue, Menands, NY 12204 Albany County Learn More

Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen (1809–1872) Abolitionist, minister, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and author, Rev. Jermain served as one of the vice presidents at the 1853 New York State woman suffrage convention. Jermain was once hailed as the “Underground Railroad King,” and assisted the Rev. Samuel J. May, a Unitarian clergyman in Syracuse, with his Underground Railroad work but gradually took the lead. The Loguen house near the intersection of Pine and Genessee Streets was a principal station or depot on the Underground Railroad. Jermain placed letters in the Syracuse press openly discussing his activities and asking for donations to assist fugitives and is said to have aided more than 1500 freedom seekers. Oakwood Cemetery Section 6, Plot 55 940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 Onondaga County Learn More

Marie Regula Saul Jenney (1842–1922) Marie was born in Syracuse and lived there for the majority of her years. She is viewed as an early leader and pioneer of the women's movement(s) in the area. She served as President of the Political Equity Club, Women's Democratic Club and the Onondaga County Suffrage Association. In 1906 as a leader of the Kanatendah Club, she hosted the New York State Women's Suffrage Association Convention. In 1912, Marie joined in the first suffrage march in New York City. When Marie stepped away from some of work within the numerous organizations she was a member of, leaders would come to her for advice. Marie Jenney was the mother of two daughters, Miss Julie R. Jenney and Mrs. Frederic C. Howe, who followed in her footsteps. Oakwood Cemetery Section 27, Plot 55 940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 Onondaga County Learn More

Caroline (Carrie) Gilkey Rogers (1837–1899) Caroline often hosted suffrage meetings at her home, including prominent suffragists like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Seymour Howell, and others. Her home was nicknamed the “Equal Rights Hotel” because of the warm and generous hospitality of Caroline and her husband. Mrs. Rogers was a good orator and was an active member of the women's suffrage movement in the 19th century. She often participated in debates on women's suffrage and was very critical of the fact that ignorant and illiterate men were making laws for women. Caroline became the Corresponding Secretary of the Political Equality Club of Albany and worked tirelessly for the political freedom of women. She attended and addressed state and national suffrage conventions. In 1885 Caroline visited the polling place in the fourth election district of Lansingburg and attempted to vote by making Constitutional arguments to the polling inspectors as to why they should accept her vote. Though her name had been previously registered, Caroline's vote was refused. *courtesy alexanderstreet.com Oakwood Cemetery Section D, Lot 211, Grave 12 50 101st Street, Troy, NY 12180 Rensselaer County Learn More

Harriet May Mills (1857–1935) A teacher at a private academy near Boston, Harriet embraced the suffrage cause after hearing Lucy Stone speak in 1886. She moved to New York City to work with the then-new National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). At some point she returned to her childhood home in Syracuse, where she organized the 24th annual convention of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association (NYSWSA) in 1892. In 1894 she was named recording secretary of NYSWSA. By then she was in demand as a lecturer and organizer. Other notable activists with whom she worked closely included Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Source: freethought-trail.org North Pitcher Cemetery ​ 1069 NY-26, Pitcher, NY 13136 Chenango County Learn More

Catherine Ann Fish Stebbins (1823–1904) Catherine was involved in the abolition movement from a very young age and in 1848 was at the first Woman's Rights Convention, where she was an active participant and contributed a resolution to the Convention. When the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was founded in 1861, Catherine joined. In 1871, she attempted to register to vote in Michigan, but was denied. She then went with Nannette B. Gardner, who was asserting her right to vote as a widow and a taxpayer. Nannette was given the right to vote, but Catherine was never able to register. In 1880, Catherine was on the committee to work on The Woman's Bible, in addition to being in charge of the Detroit National Woman Suffrage Association convention. Mount Hope Cemetery Section M, Southwest 1/4 of Lot 142 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 Monroe County Learn More

Helen Z. M. Rodgers (1876–1960) One of the first women to graduate from Buffalo Law School, Helen was also the first woman to argue before the Appeals Court, in addition to serving as the president of the Woman Workers Suffrage League and Vice Chairman of the Woman Suffrage Party of Erie County in 1917. Forest Lawn Cemetery Section 9, Lot 294, Space 9 1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209 Erie County Learn More

Charlotte Burroughs Ray (1813–1891) Charlotte was a dedicated suffragist and church woman. She wholeheartedly dedicated her life to advocating on behalf of a woman's right to vote. Her mission was one that was firmly rooted in Christian theology. The archive is limited in its ability to fully capture the breadth of her contributions to Black women and their liberation. Her faith was of great importance to her and served as a prime motivator to her activism. Charlotte was a member of the American Equal Rights Association (AERA) founded in 1866. Their mission was to secure equal rights---especially the right of suffrage. Her daughter, Charlotte E. Ray, was the first female African-American lawyer in the United States. Cypress Hills Cemetery Possibly Section 2 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208 Kings County Learn More

Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1859–1916) Cordelia was an African-American poet and scholar. She is the daughter of Charles and Charlotte B Ray, both of whom were early social activists working to abolish enslavement and win the right to vote for African-Americans and women. She was the sister of Charlotte E. Ray, who was the first female African-American attorney in the US. Cordelia and Charlotte both attended National Women Suffrage Association meetings. Cordelia's ode "Lincoln" was read at the unveiling of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC, in April 1876. Cypress Hills Cemetery Possibly Section 2 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208 Kings County Learn More

Mary Hillard Loines (1844–1944) Mary spent fifty years battling for women's rights. In 1869 she was elected a secretary of the Brooklyn Equal Rights Association and selected in May of that year as a Brooklyn delegate to the first convention for the American Suffrage Association. Elected as chairman of the Legislative Committee in the New York State Woman Suffrage Association in 1898, Mary helped lobby the legislature from 1902-1905 to allow all tax-paying women in cities with a population of less than 50,000 to vote on all special taxation questions, a campaign that did not succeed. In 1899 Mary was accompanied by the then Governor of New York State, Theodore Roosevelt, to one of the many suffrage conventions which she attended over the course of her lifetime. She was also able to meet privately with Roosevelt, along with a small group of New York activists, to consult about enfranchising women in New York. Mary led the Brooklyn Woman's Suffrage Association between the years 1899 and 1919 and was heavily involved in the logistics of the League of Women Voters after women's enfranchisement. *courtesy alexanderstreet.com Friends Quaker Cemetery ​ Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Kings County Learn More

Mary Ritter Beard (1876–1958) In History and Feminism: A Glass Half Full (1993), Judith Zinsser argues that beginning in the 1930s, Mary Beard was the most well-known authority and advocate for women's history in the Unites States. Mary's writings and the actions she took during her life on behalf of women's suffrage, labor issues, and establishment of women's archives also helped to illuminate the contributions that women made throughout history. Mary became involved in the suffrage movement through her activism in women’s labor organizations, and became a leader within the New York City Suffrage Party. She left the NYCSP in 1913 to join the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, where she became an executive member of its board and editor of its weekly magazine The Suffragist. Mary and Charles Beard published a number of books together, starting in 1914. In 1915 Mary published the first of six books that she would publish alone. Mary helped found the World Center for Women's Archives in 1935. As director of the Center, Mary worked to collect all manner of women's published and unpublished records, and to establish an educational institution that would aid in the writing of history and the education of women. She directed the Center for five years before resigning in 1940. Mary's next project was to work with a team of female scholars to write an analysis of Encyclopedia Britannica's representation of women. Despite their work, the recommendations of the report were ignored. Mary was disappointed with the effort and later suggested that women no longer write for the Britannica. Despite her extensive work in acquiring the personal papers of women throughout the world, she, along with her husband, destroyed nearly all of their papers and manuscripts before their deaths. Bio by: Pete Mohney Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum ​ 280-284 Secor Road, Hartsdale, NY 10530-1201 Westchester County Learn More

Anna McCarthy McCann Higinbotham (1861–1942) For at least two decades, Anna was an outstanding figure in public life in her community and county. She was an active member of Unity Club, and was sent as a delegate to Albany for a meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. For many years Anna was a member of the Ontario County Commission on Tuberculosis and Public Health and a member of the Board of Directors of Oak-Mount Sanitarium. She also served as local Welfare administrator. During the World War, she was a leader in the work done by the women of this community, and a building on her premises served as headquarters for Red Cross activities , to which she gave untiring effort. At the close of the war, Anna's work was recognized by the award of a special medal. She continued to be a local Red Cross chairman. Saint Patrick's Cemetery Section 1, Row 15 215–301 High Street, Victor, NY 14564 Ontario County Learn More