MARION — Outside the Sippican Woman's Club on Front Street, there’s a banner and wreath commemorating 100 years of women’s right to vote.

Unbeknownst to some, the suffragette movement of the early 1900s is a part of the history of the club. 

In 1915, the club hosted the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs for a two-day annual meeting. The pressing issue at the conference was women's right to vote. 

Over 400 women from across the state came to Marion to attend this meeting. There, the vote supporting the suffrage movement was passed. 

Although the women at the meeting supported the movement, it wasn't until 1920 that the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Sippican Woman's Club has placed a banner, wreathe and small sign with this story, on Handy's Tavern, the club's home since 1928.

The club would like to thank Marion resident and Roger Williams University student Emily Kiehl for creating the banner.