Historical Marker
Dry Moat and Counterscarp
Historical marker location:
Staten Island, New York
( Marker is on Tompkins Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Fort Wadsworth. Gateway NatÂ’l Rec Area.
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.