Chief Pontiac

Historical marker location:

4060 Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from Orchard Lake Road, 0.2 miles north of Pontiac Trail, on the left.)

Marker installed: 1958

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.