Grace W. Trout

Historical marker location:

400 Forest Ave, Oak Park, Illinois

( Marker is on Forest Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2021

Road to the 19th Amendment. National Votes for Women Trail.

The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.