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SHAW SISTERS

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
People
Location
22 Main Street, Geneseao, NY
Lat/Long
42.79852, -77.816671
Grant Recipient
Livingston County Historian
Historic Marker

SHAW SISTERS

Inscription

SHAW SISTERS
HOME OF NICHOLAS SHAW FRASER
AND ELEANOR SHAW SMITH
CA. 1910-1948. HELD OFFICES
IN STATE AND NATIONAL WOMEN’S
SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATIONS.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018

Nicholas Shaw Fraser and Eleanor Shaw Smith were sisters who lived at 22 Main St., Geneseo, in the first half of the 20th century. Both women were actively involved in the community and in one of the largest reform movements in American history. Both women supported the women’s suffrage movement by organizing meetings, lectures, conferences, and holding positions on various political boards. It is believed their familial connection to Anna H. Shaw, a physician, ordained minister and leader of the women’s suffrage movement, greatly increased their influence.