Page County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

112 East Main Street, Clarinda, Iowa

( Marker is on Main Street east of 16th Street / Glenn Miller Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)

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.