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MAY GROOT MANSON

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
People
Location
117 Main Street, E. Hampton, NY
Lat/Long
40.960584, -72.189256
Grant Recipient
Village of East Hampton
Historic Marker

MAY GROOT MANSON

Inscription

MAY GROOT MANSON
1859-1917
HOME OF LEADER OF WOMAN
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF EAST
HAMPTON & WOMEN’S POLITICAL
UNION OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.
BURIED CEDAR LAWN CEMETERY.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017

May Groot Manson (1859-1917) was a wealthy Long Island suffragist who was the leader of both the Woman Suffrage League of East Hampton and the Women’s Political Union of Suffolk County. She frequently hosted women’s suffrage meetings at her home, which still stands today.