Historical Marker
Port Jackson
Historical marker location:
Town of Peru, New York
( Marker is on New York State Route 9 north of Lapham Mills Road, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2009
The first woman to vote in a United States presidential election was a resident of Rochester, New York named Susan B. Anthony. She cast her ballot in the 1872 election, for which she was arrested and fined.