Before the Settlers

Historical marker location:

112 Ludington Street, Escanaba, Michigan

( Marker is on Ludington Street east of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east.)

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.