Kathryn Helene Starbuck (1887–1965) Kathryn graduated from Albany Law School in 1914 and served as Saratoga County Chair of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party between 1916 and 1918. She compiled a list of laws relating to women and children for The History of the Woman Suffrage Movement volumes. The list of laws was not included. In 1918 Kathryn was among the first women named to the Executive Committee of Democratic State Committee. The same year she ran unsuccessfully for a New York State Assembly seat from Saratoga County on the Democratic ticket and remained active with the state Democratic Party the rest of her life. After 1920, Kathryn served on the Committee for the Uniform Laws For Women of the National League of Women Voters and campaigned in New York State to allow women serve on juries. *courtesy alexanderstreet.com Greenridge Cemetery Y-19-SE Corner 17 Greenridge Place, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Saratoga County Learn More

Mary Thayer Sanford Crossett (1853–1941) Mary lived much of her life in Rochester, NY where he was an active member of several community and political organizations, often taking on a leadership role. In 1893, she was elected as first vice president of the Political Equality Club of Rochester, working alongside her friend Mary Stafford Anthony who was the organization's secretary. She later took the position of recording secretary for the New York State Suffrage Association, continuing her service for several years. Riverside Cemetery Section L Block 1 Lot 148 2650 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14612 Monroe County Learn More

Katharine Parker Howard Notman (1859–1946) Katharine was appointed 11th campaign district chairman in 1913, working under the direction of Carrie Chapman Catt. The counties in her district included Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington, Warren, and Essex. At a Saratoga County Woman Suffrage Party convention in May 1917, held in Saratoga Spring, Mrs. Notman spoke at the luncheon. She stated that every high-profile accomplishment by a woman helped the suffrage cause. She also stated "there are plenty of things men aren't doing for us to do; ordinary womanly things which are just as important to the nation as imitating what men are doing." *courtesy alexanderstreet.com Green-Wood Cemetery Section 93, Lot 6217 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Kings County Learn More

Dora Cole Norman (1888–1939) Dora was an educator and choreographer. She is best known for advancing the dignity of African American history through dance and drama. Dora taught in New York City schools and directed the Colored Players Guild at the Harlem YWCA. She worked with WEB DuBois to stage a large scale pageant, The Star of Ethiopia, in 1913. During World War I, Dora was a leader in the Circle for Negro War Relief. This organization promoted the psychological welfare of African American soldiers and provided goods for them and their families. Woodlawn Cemetery Filbert, Section 130, Lot SW12733 4199 Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY 10470 Bronx County Learn More

Adaline Wheelock Sterling (1847–1930) Adaline was the corresponding Secretary of the Woman Suffrage Party of New York City, Associate Editor of The Woman Voter, and President-General of the General Section of the Daughters of the Revolution (not to be confused with the Daughters of the American Revolution). After many years as a teacher, in 1897, Adaline ran for a position on the Board of Education in Englewood and was vigorously supported by the Woman's Club. It was unclear whether or not she was actually legally eligible for the position after an 1894 Supreme Court decision took away school suffrage, arguing that women could not vote before a formal amendment was added to the Constitution. It appears that Adaline won her race, and by 1899 was serving as President of the Board. Adaline increased her suffrage activism in the 1910s. She joined the Woman Suffrage Study Club of New York City and the Women's Political Union. She became the leader of the 19th Assembly District in the Woman Suffrage Party of New York City, for which she also served as the Corresponding Secretary. Furthermore, Adaline was active in the New York Campaign of 1917, which won New York women the right to vote. *courtesy alexanderstreet.com. Green-Wood Cemetery Lot 457, Section 83 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Kings County Learn More

Eleanore Meyers (Myers) Jewett (1890–1967) A prolific writer with a fascination for the medieval period, Eleanore was a member of several womens' clubs involved in suffrage. She completed a Masters Degree in Medieval Comparative Literature at Columbia, and received a Newbery Honor in 1947 for her mystery story The Hidden Treasure of Glaston. Eleanore left a small but solid contribution to both the women's suffrage movement and the field of children's literature. Woodlawn Cemetery Section: 5 Lot: 142 130 N Pearl Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 Ontario County Learn More

Emily Howland (1827-29–1929) Emily accomplished a lot in her 101 years. Raised by Quaker parents, Emily was an abolitionist, educator and a supporter of suffrage. During the 1860s she resided in Virginia teaching newly slaves to read. Emily established a school for the children of former slaves in Heathsville, VA. Returning home in 1881, Emily continued to support education for all through donations and serving as an advisor. She was the director of the Sherwood Select School until 1926 when it became a public school named in her honor. Emily lent her voice to suffrage. She met with Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to organize lectures on voting rights. Emily spoke at the 30th anniversary of the Women's Convention in Seneca Falls. She spoke before Congress, participated in two women's parades in New York City and met Queen Victoria in London to discuss suffrage issues. Emily was the first female director of a national bank and ran her family farm until her death. To say she led a full life feels like a bit of an understatement. She wished to have these words upon her stone: "I strove to realize myself and to serve" and "Purposes nobly fulfilled". Howland Cemetery (in a farm field) ​ Sherwood Road (42A), Aurora, NY 13206 Cayuga County Learn More

Eliza Miller McDonald (1845–1937) Described as a community activist and philanthropist, Eliza helped organize the Flushing Equal Franchise Association in 1909 and served as its president in 1913. By 1915 she was involved with the New York Woman Suffrage Party but left the Queens County division of the organization to form a separate Queens-based group, the Woman's Suffrage Central Campaign Committee; they also elected her its president. By 1916, the two groups had been reunited, the president of the other rival Queens organization had been voted out, and Eliza was elected to serve as the Vice President of the united Queens Borough branch. One of the most noteworthy successes of this branch that year was its “Better Baby Campaign” which recruited 4 volunteer nurses and 7 physicians and gathered over 300 children across Queens who did not otherwise have access to health care to receive free vaccinations and physicals. In 1917 she returned to serve as the branch's director. Also in 1917, Eliza worked as a member of the War Service Committee of the Woman Suffrage Party of New York City. After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Women's Civic Club presented her with an engraved silver gavel, “To our beloved pioneer, Eliza MacDonald, Suffrage Victory 1920.” *courtesy of alexanderstreet.com Flushing Cemetery ​ 163-6 46th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11358 Queens County Learn More

Vira Boarman Whitehouse (1873–1957) The owner of the Whitehouse Leather Company, a suffragette and early proponent of birth control, Vira became interested in suffrage after the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 erupted into violence. She marched in the May 1913 suffrage parade in New York City and volunteered with the Women's Political Union after the parade. Six months later, Vira gave her first outdoor suffrage speech. Vira was chairman in 1913 of the publicity council of the Empire State Campaign Committee and in 1916 of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party (NYSWSP). In May 1915, Vira made cold calls to potential voters to ask their views on suffrage. This is one of the earliest examples of telephone polling. Vira was the first vice-chair of the New York City Woman Suffrage Party and a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, organizing large suffrage parades in New York City. On September 8, 1917, she led the second New York Suffrage Campaign at Sagamore Hill, meeting with Theodore Roosevelt. Leading an incredibly successful fundraising campaign, making large donations herself and soliciting donations from New York's most prominent families—when New York State granted women the right to vote on November 6, 1917, Vira was widely credited with the win. Vira Boarman Whitehouse's husband was a member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage. By July 1917 he was treasurer of the League. When Vira bought and managed the Whitehouse Leather Products Company, she worked to improve working conditions for women. Additionally, she served on the National Chairman of the Woman’s Action Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace. Green-Wood Cemetery Lot 1250, Section 83 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Kings County Learn More

Regina Amy Victoria Juengling (1886–1974) Regina's activism as a suffragist began in 1916 when she became a poll watcher for the New York Suffrage Association. In the fall of 1917 she accompanied her widowed step-grandmother, Wanda Juengling, to Washington, DC. Wanda had expressed a desire to visit the National Woman's Party headquarters and to participate in a protest march. Because of her age and health Wanda was turned down. Regina was persuaded to march in Wanda's place. On November 10, 1917, Regina was among a large picket group protesting the treatment of Alice Paul and other suffrage prisoners. She was one of thirty-one pickets arrested that day. She was sentenced to thirty days at the Occoquan Workhouse in Lorton, VA, but only served one week. She also participated in the "Watchfires of Freedom" protest in 1919. Regina continued her social activism throughout her life. In 1922 she accompanied Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, on a tour overseas to learn about European birth control methods. In 1924 Regina ran for US Congress in the 42nd district of New York on the Socialist ticket "because a woman's name should be on the ticket." She received 2,778 votes to the winner's total of 28,152. Regina cared for her elderly parents and spent the remainder of her life writing numerous articles, which were never published. She wrote to everyone and anyone calling for a revision of the language in the Declaration of Independence from "All MEN are created equal" to "All men and WOMEN are created equal." *courtesy alexanderstreet.com Forest Lawn Cemetery Section 8, Lot 50-S MID PT, Space 6 1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209 Erie County Learn More

Sarah J. Smith Tompkins Garnet (1831–1911) Sarah was an African-American educator and suffragist from New York City who was the first African-American female school principal in the New York City public school system. She led a long and distinguished career in the New York public schools, beginning as a teacher’s assistant in 1845 when she was fourteen years old and retiring as a principal in 1900. An active supporter of woman suffrage and African American civil rights, Sarah Garnet was also a businesswoman and owned a seamstress shop in Brooklyn from 1883 to 1911. In the late 1880s, she helped found the Equal Suffrage Club, a Brooklyn-based club for black women. Additionally, Sarah served as superintendent of the Suffrage Department of the National Association of Colored Women. As a member of the Equal Suffrage Club, Sarah supported the Niagara Movement, a predecessor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1911, Sarah accompanied her sister, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, to London, England, for the first Universal Races Congress. (Contributed by Meg MacDonald) Green-Wood Cemetery Lot 29541, Section 204, Grave 3 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Kings County Learn More

Rhoda DeGarmo (1799–1873) Rhoda and her husband Elias were Quakers involved with the Farmington Quarterly meeting that in 1836 sought to make men's and women's meetings more equal. In 1842, she joined the WNY Anti-Slavery Society when it was founded and was active in its annual fairs to support the cause. The DeGarmos were neighbors of the Daniel and Lucy Anthony family in Gates, NY, and members of a group that met regularly on Sundays at the Anthony's farm to discuss reform issues. They were also active on the Underground Railroad, providing refuge for freedom seekers en route to Canada. In 1848, Rhoda was chosen as one of the organizers for the Adjourned Woman's Rights Convention held in Rochester that August two weeks after the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. It was she along with Amy Post and Sarah Fish who decided to nominate a woman, Abigail Bush, to preside at the convention in opposition to the opinion of Elizabeth C. Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Rhoda was selected as one of several vice-presidents of the NYS Woman's Temperance Society in 1852. In 1872, she was one of the women including Susan B. Anthony, who succeeded in both registering and casting their votes in Rochester. Mount Hope Cemetery NE 1/4, Range 2, Lot 152 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 Monroe County Learn More

Elmina Anscomb Powell (1853–1934) Elmina “Mina” lived at 27 Monroe Avenue and was one of the founding members of the Pittsford Political Equality Club. The Club was one part of a decades-long movement to establish women’s right to vote. If you know more about Elmina, you can help us tell her story. Please use our Add a Suffragist form to submit your information. Pittsford Cemetery A 65 38 Washington Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 Monroe County Learn More

Nathan James Milliken (1821–1902) Nathan was a newspaper editor and publisher. Born in New Hampshire, he began learning the newspaper business after limited schooling. The interfacing of news with politics fascinated him. Nathan moved to the Finger Lakes area where he began a few newspapers. His last and best known was the Ontario County Times which was viewed as an anti-slavery publication. Nathan first published this paper in January, 1852. Nathan was also involved in local politics. He served as the postmaster of Canandaigua and was elected Ontario County Clerk. Woodlawn Cemetery Section 5, Lot 237 130 North Pearl Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 Ontario County Learn More

Mary Parker Ingraham (1862–1938) While few records exist of Mary's presence in the suffrage movement, she was a known member of the South Bristol WCTU and attended the Bristol Universalist Church. If you know more about her, you can help us tell her story. Please use our Add a Suffragist form to submit your information. Rose Ridge Cemetery Section C, Lot 007 8346 W Hollow Road, Naples, NY 14512 Ontario County Learn More

Belle Stewart Holden (1850–1901) Belle was an active member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, serving as a delegate to the national convention. She supported suffrage activities within her local community, and she was also a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. If you know more about her, you can help us tell her story. Please use our Add a Suffragist form to submit your information. Oakwood Cemetery Section 14, Plot 77 940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13210 Onondaga County Learn More

Eva Francis Curtiss Tousey (1856–1934) From Rochester Times-Union, Tuesday, February 6, 1934: "Mrs. Tousey was born in Rochester more than 75 years ago and lived her entire life in this city and Pittsford. She was a member of the Irondequoit Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution; of the Rochester Colony of New England Women; Past Matrons Association of Northfield Chapter and was active in Reunion Group 8 School. For many years she taught 20th Century Women's Bible Class in the Presbyterian Church at Pittsford." Evan was a charter member of the Pittsford Political Equality Club, which was organized September 6, 1902 in Pittsford, NY. Pittsford Cemetery G 582 38 Washington Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 Monroe County Learn More

Sarah Hallock Schram (1813–1871) Sarah attended the State suffrage convention held in Saratoga Springs in July 1869. The goal of the convention was to create a permanent organization for the State of New York. Sarah was elected to the Advisory Counsel for the Second Judicial District from Newburgh, NY, serving alongside Susan B. Anthony. Friends Cemetery No. 1 AKA Hicksite Cemetery, Friends Burial Ground ​ Maple Ave, Milton, NY, 12547 Ulster County Learn More

Helen Varick Boswell (1869–1942) Helen was a prominent figure in the Woman's National Republican Association and the General Federation of Womens' Clubs. Helen was a suffrage leader and founder and president of the Women's Forum of New York for 30 years. She was the protege of J. Ellen Foster. Foster founded the Woman's National Republican Association (WRNA) around 1888 and served as the organizations first president. While Foster focused on supporting Republican candidates, Helen supervised advocating for women working in factories and shops. Helen obtained a law degree from the Washington College of Law in 1902. In 1910 Foster died and Boswell became president of the Woman's National Republican Association. She took over the responsibilities of campaigning for Republican candidates. Additionally she served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from 1920 through 1932. Helen was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She was included in the publication Woman's Who's Who of America, 1914–15 and the 1922 publication The History of Woman Suffrage. Woodlawn Cemetery ​ 4199 Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY 10470 Bronx County Learn More

Ella Smith Hammond (1857–1929) As an active member of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, Ella S. Hammond served as a delegate to the national convention held in Minnesota in 1900. While chairman of the School Suffrage Committee, Hammond encouraged women to become active in their local school districts. On June 28, 1902, she published a circular that prompted women throughout the state to exercise their right to vote for school district trustees, and to aid in securing a woman trustee wherever possible. Rural Cemetery ​ Almond Road, Hornell, NY 14843 Steuben County Learn More