Program

National Votes for Women Trail

Subject

People

Location

704 Steamboat Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA

Lat/Long

41.012692, -73.622262

Grant Recipient

National Collaborative for Women's History Sites

Nora Stanton Barney (1883-1971) was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the first leaders in the fight for women’s right to vote in the United States. Nora attended Cornell University receiving a degree in civil engineering and worked as a civil engineer for private companies and municipalities including New York City. She was one of the first women ever admitted to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Nora designed her home built at 700 Steamboat Road in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Nora was an active suffragist working with the Women’s Political Union, serving as president of the group and editing the Women’s Political World. She gave speeches and marched for women’s suffrage. Nora was also a member of the National Woman’s Party, which formed with the goal of obtaining a constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution enfranchising women.

By August 1920, efforts of suffragists paid off with the passage and subsequent ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which states, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”