WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
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NYS Historic
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- Lincoln Park 100 E. State St., Olean, NY
- 42.077386, -78.429148
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Olean DAR
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
Inscription
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGEHARRIOT STANTON BLATCH, PRES.
NYS WOMEN’S POLITICAL UNION
HELD SUFFRAGE LIBERTY
TORCH RALLY HERE JULY 1915
FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017
Lincoln Park, located in Olean, NY, was the site of a women’s suffrage rally held in July 1915. One of the leaders was Harriot Stanton Blatch, daughter of prominent suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The “Suffrage Liberty Torch” served as a symbol of their campaign.
