Historic Des Moines / Noted Des Moines Residents

Historical marker location:

Mitchellville, Iowa

( Marker can be reached from Route 80 at milepost 147,, 1.2 miles west of 112 Street NE (County Road S27), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1977

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.