With help from the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, group leader Jane Barker has put together an initiative to raise between $2-$4 million to build the “Turning Point Suffragist Memorial.” Yet, there is no memorial to the women who were responsible for turning the public tide in favor of the 19th Amendment.Ī group of active volunteers in Northern Virginia is trying to change that. It has been nearly 90 years since women in the United States won the right to vote. The question for women today might be, “How long must women wait for a memorial to honor those who suffered for the cause?” That was 1916 - four years before women won the right to vote. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” said the icon of the suffragist movement, Inez Millholland Boissevain, just weeks prior to her death.
“The 72-year-struggle for women’s suffrage called for personal sacrifice from many, but some say the biggest toll was suffered by those who became the first picketers ever at the White House.”Ī NEW FIGHT FOR THE SUFFRAGISTS: A MEMORIAL CELEBRATING THE 19th AMENDMENT Why she does it: “The history books rarely detail the abuse and humiliation that women endured in their efforts to win the right to vote,” Barker says. Beach Architects, and will include a garden, 19 interactive vignettes detailing suffragist history, and a beautiful water feature.
Located across the street from where the Workhouse once stood, the new memorial was designed by Robert Beach of Robert E. What she does: Jane is heading up an all-volunteer committee that is working with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to create a memorial in Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton, Va., to honor the Suffragists who endured the harsh conditions at the Occoquan Workhouse. Who she is: Political activist Jane Barker is the leader of an initiative to raise between $2-$4 million to build the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Northern Virginia
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