Union Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Kent, New York

( Marker is on Carmel-Kent Cliffs Road (New York State Route 301) ½ mile south of Cold Spring Turnpike.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.