I recently hosted a Suffragette Party
for the gals in the neighborhood.
Most of the time women know nothing or very little about the story right here in our backyard.
It is always amazing to tell the story of the women in the Occoquan Workhouse in Occoquan, Virginia in October 1917.
The women picketed the White House for 18 months- day and night, every day but Sunday.
They were arrested for picketing the White House and sentenced for blocking traffic. Under horrible conditions, they were treated poorly and not allowed any outside communication.
When Alice Paul joined them, she began a hunger strike and did not eat for three weeks.
Then, afraid they would have a "martyr", they began to force feed her.
By the end of November, the women were released and President Wilson began to support the 19th Amendment.
In 2020 I went to the 100 year Anniversary of the ratifying of the 19th Amendment. The state of Tennessee gave the last vote needed in the Senate on August 26, 1920 to make the 19th Amendment a law. At the Anniversary celebration they reenacted the famous horse ride in the parade in Washington, DC in 1913 with Inez Mulholland on the horse.
I was able to sign the 100 year Anniversary document that went into the time capsule for the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial.
Turning Point is a Suffragist term and has been for a very long time
That memorial is now finished. See that HERE:
the-turning-point-suffragist-memorial.html
So I voted today. For a woman for Governor of Virginia.
105 years after Votes for Women became a reality,
I was able to vote for a woman to lead in Virginia.
When I was born, women were able to vote for just 35 years.
I am very thankful for the brave women who fought hard that I may enjoy that right today.
Want to know more about the Suffragette Movement in America?
Check out any of the following books.
Bold-Brave-Heroes-Women-Kirsten+Gillibrand
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