Suffragette City: Trail Markers to Celebrate Saratoga’s Pivotal Role in Women’s Suffrage

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga’s role in the American Revolution is legendary, but very little is known about Saratoga Springs’ role in the 72-year Bloodless Revolution - the fight for women’s suffrage. 

The dedication of two National Votes for Women Trail (NVWT) markers on Wednesday, July 13 will commemorate the role that Saratoga Springs had in giving women the right to vote.

The celebration will start at noon at 11 Fifth Avenue, the childhood home of local suffragist Kathryn Starbuck with the marker dedication and song from Tisha Dolton, suffrage singer. 

A march from Fifth Avenue to Congress Park will follow. Attendees are encouraged to wear suffragist white to show support. 

Outside Congress Park, near the intersection of Broadway and Congress Street, the marker celebrating Matilda Joslyn Gage and her role starting the New York State Woman Suffrage Association in Saratoga Springs will be unveiled at 12:45 p.m. 

Following the unveiling, dedication remarks will be made at Canfield Casino, with the support of the Saratoga Springs History Museum. The remarks will feature a Susan B. Anthony reenactor, as well as Karen Pasterello, co-author of Women Will Vote; Winning Suffrage in New York State.  In addition, Saratoga County Historian, Lauren Roberts, will share a biography of Kathryn Starbuck. To learn more, visit nvwt.org.