Sally White

Historical marker location:

113 E Lincolnway St, Jefferson, Iowa

( Marker is on East Lincolnway Street east of South Wilson Avnue.)

Author and Photographer of "Sally's Backyard Birds". 1939   -   2012.

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.