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CHILDHOOD HOME

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
People
Location
8560 Brewerton Road, Cicero, NY
Lat/Long
43.182308, -76.121852
Grant Recipient
Town of Cicero
Historic Marker

CHILDHOOD HOME

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CHILDHOOD HOME
MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE 1826-98
WRITER AND ACTIVIST LEADER
OF NEW YORK AND NATIONAL
WOMAN SUFFERAGE ASSOCIATIONS
STAUNCH ABOLITIONIST
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

This was the site of the childhood home of Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898). During her lifetime this Central New York native was an accomplished writer, an activist, abolitionist, and leader of New York and National Woman Suffrage Associations.





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