The Grand River

Historical marker location:

7 Bridge Street Northwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan

( Marker is on Michigan Street Northwest (Bridge Street NW), 0.1 miles west of Monroe Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1988

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.