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If You Lived Here
Women suffragists picketing in front of the White house on "College Day" in 1917. (Source: Wikipedia)

Women suffragists picketing in front of the White house on "College Day" in 1917. (Source: Wikipedia)

Back to Occoquan/Lorton, VA

The Silent Sentinels Pushed Washington for Women's Suffrage

03/19/2017
Virginia
by
Mark Jones

A century ago, Washington was the site of "the most militant move ever made by the suffragists of this country."

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Last Updated: December 16, 2020

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