Fannie Richards Homesite

Historical marker location:

500 Rivard St, Detroit, Michigan

( Marker is on Rivard Street, 0.1 miles north of Larned Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.