Historical Marker
Elisha Williams
Historical marker location:
South Street, Spencertown, New York
( Marker is on South Street, 0.2 miles south of New York State Route 203, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1959
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.