The Woman's Club of Louisville
​ Honored by Kentucky Historical Society with Marker
September 12, 2018 ​

​Celebrating Women's Suffrage History in the United States
First Historical Marker​ Honors Susan Look Avery

The first marker to honor women of the suffrage movement was dedicated on March 6, 2019 at The Woman’s Club of Louisville in Louisville, KY to commemorate the work of Susan Look Avery. She held the 1881 American Woman Suffrage Association’s national meeting in her home with speaker Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell.  She was a friend to Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington and other reformers.  

The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites is a non-profit organization established to support and promote the preservation and interpretation of sites and locales that bear witness to women’s participation in American history. NCWHS is dedicated to making women’s contributions to history visible so all women’s experiences and potential are fully valued. Visit: www.ncwhs.org 
​It is bad for the ignorant and vicious to do ill, but it is worse for the educated and honest to do nothing. - Susan Look Avery
Susan Look Avery
Co-Founded
​The Louisville Suffrage Association
​(Louisville Equal Rights Association)
1889

Organized
The Woman's Club of Louisville
1890

The Susan Look Avery Club
of Wyoming, N.Y.

The Wyoming New York Equality Club

Charter Member
The Warsaw New York Equaity Club​

​ Leader, Speaker, and Writer
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  WCL  Marker Dedication Ceremony
Speaker, Tori Murden McClure at The Woman’s Club of Louisville,  September 12, 2018 to celebrate the Kentucky Historical Society marker honoring Susan Look Avery:

Pomeroy Foundation Honors Susan Avery

The centennial of suffrage for many women in the United States is approaching in 2020. With this landmark anniversary embodied in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation have partnered to launch a new historic marker program commemorating the history of women’s suffrage in the U.S. 
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The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is a private foundation established in 2005. The Foundation is committed to supporting the celebration and preservation of community history; and to raising awareness, supporting research and improving the quality of care for patients and their families who are facing a blood cancer diagnosis. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 800 grants for historic signage in New York State and beyond.
Visit: www.wgpfoundation.org