Mrs. Esther Hobart Morris

The title on this plate began in the family. Her son Archibald Slack called her the mother of woman suffrage in his Cheyenne Sun in 1890, the year the plate says she lived here. She never claimed it, and wrote that the honor of presenting the suffrage bill belonged to William Bright. The story that gave the title its legs, a tea party at South Pass City where she made both candidates pledge, came in 1919 from Bright's defeated opponent, Herman Nickerson. The historians T. A. Larson and Rick Ewig have shown it was invented.

What the plaque says

Mrs Esther Hobart Morris Mother of Woman's Suffrage Lived here in 1890 Born August 8, 1814 Spencer, N.Y. Died April 2, 1902 Cheyenne, Wyo. Placed by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming 1950

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wyoming State Capitol — 0.2 mi
  A sandstone capitol set to face the Union Pacific depot down one long street, its copper dome gilded in 1900 when the copper tarnished.
• Cheyenne Frontier Days — 1.6 mi
  A railroad agent's excursion scheme for a town with no crop to celebrate, which became a six-hour show in 1897 and the Daddy of 'em All.

More markers nearby

• The Cheyenne-Ft. Laramie-Deadwood Trail — steps away
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church — steps away
• Durant Bell — 0.3 mi
• The Cheyenne Opera House and Territorial Library — 0.3 mi