W. C. Billy Durant

Historical marker location:

303 W Water St, Flint, Michigan

( Marker is on Lyon Street near West Water Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1988

1861-1947.

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.