Matilda Joslyn Gage Gravesite
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The gravestone is inscribed, "There is a word sweeter than mother, home, or heaven. That word is Liberty."
Photo courtesy Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation
The gravestone is inscribed, "There is a word sweeter than mother, home, or heaven. That word is Liberty."
Photo courtesy Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation
| Type: | Officially Marked Monument | Involved: | Gage, Matilda Joslyn |
| Location: | Fayetteville Cemetery, Fayetteville-Manlius Road, Fayetteville, NY | Cause: | Abolition; Woman's Rights / Suffrage; Freethought / Atheism / Secular Humanism |
Matilda Joslyn Gage died on March 18, 1898. She had directed that her remains be cremated, a radical step in those days. Her ashes were interred beneath this bold tombstone.