Suffrage Leaders

Historical marker location:

1534 Druid Hill Avenue, Upton, Maryland

( Marker is on Druid Hill Avenue (Maryland Route 129) just east of McMechen Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2019

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

Maryland was founded as a Catholic colony: Maryland was founded by the English nobleman George Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore, in 1632. He envisioned Maryland as a haven for Catholics who faced persecution in England at the time. The colony's first settlement, St. Mary's City, was established in 1634.