Jessie Daniel Ames

Jessie Daniel Ames (HMGMI)

Location: Georgetown, TX 78626 Williamson County
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N 30° 38.081', W 97° 40.56'

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(1883-1972) A native of Palestine, Texas, Jessie Daniel came to Georgetown in 1893. She graduated from Southwestern University in 1902. In 1904 she moved to Laredo, where she married Roger Post Ames (d. 1914), and Army surgeon. They were the parents of three children.

Following her husband's death, Jessie operated the Georgetown Telephone Company with her mother and became active in civic projects, including the Woman's Club. She joined the Texas Equal Suffrage Association and worked to acquire voting rights for women. She led a large group of women to the Williamson County Courthouse to register to vote for the first time in 1918. The Texas Equal Suffrage Association reorganized as the Texas League of Women Voters in 1919, and she served as its first president until 1924.

A champion of civil rights causes, Ames was active in the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Opposed to the use of chivalry as a justification for lynching, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and formed the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching in 1930. She retired in 1944 and moved to Tryon, North Carolina. Ames later returned to central Texas and died in an Austin nursing home in 1972. She is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Georgetown.
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HM NumberHMGMI
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Marker Number13878
Year Placed1988
Placed ByThe Texas Historical Commission
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Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 2:07pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 626881 N 3389863
Decimal Degrees30.63468333, -97.67600000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 38.081', W 97° 40.56'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 38' 4.86" N, 97° 40' 33.60" W
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Area Code(s)512
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1001-1009 S Church St, Georgetown TX 78626, US
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