The Mormon Trail

Historical marker location:

201 School Street, Orient, Iowa

( Marker is on School Street (State Highway 25) south of Division Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1917

Iowa was one of the first states to grant women the right to vote. In 1869, the Iowa state legislature passed a law allowing women to vote in school board elections. This was more than 50 years before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote nationwide.