Charlotte (Charlie) Parkhurst - Soquel, CA
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saopaulo1
N 36° 59.309 W 121° 57.404
10S E 592840 N 4094104
Site of the first ballot cast by a woman.
Waymark Code: WMK7Q1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
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The first ballot by a woman in an American presidential election was cast on this site November 3, 1868
by
Charlotte (Charlie) Parkhurst
who masqueraded as a man for much of her life. She was a stagecoach driver in the Mother Lode Country during the Gold Rush days and shot and killed at least on e bandit. In her later years she drove a stagecoach in this area.
She died in 1879. Not until then was she found to be a woman. She is buried in Watsonville.
Group that erected the marker: Soquel Volunteer Fire Department.
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Soquel Ave
Soquel, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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