Fox Point Battery

Historical marker location:

860 River Road, Youngstown, New York

( Marker is on River Road (New York State Route 18F) north of Swain Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1938

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.