Allen Tibbets

Historical marker location:

809 W Chicago St, Coldwater, Michigan

( Marker is at the intersection of Willow Lane and West Chicago Street, on the left when traveling north on Willow Lane.)

1804 1891. Founder of Coldwater.

Michigan played an important role in the Women's Suffrage Movement. In 1918, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to grant women the right to vote, two years before the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.