Abraham Van Ness

Historical marker location:

4500 NY 66, Malden Bridge, New York

( Marker is on New York State Route 66, ½ mile south of County Route 32, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.