A suffragist who fought for the vote and for the women’s labor movement, Nina Samarodin was born into an Orthodox Jewish family on July 4, 1892 in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine). She graduated from Jewish-friendly Kiev University and in 1914 came to America on a visit, remaining after finding work in a garment Read more
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By Lisa Giordano of Virginia NOW A dedicated activist who helped forge change in America’s political and economic inequalities, Dr. Caroline E. Spencer was born in Philadelphia in 1861. Following her 1880 graduation from the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls with the Mrs. Hannah M. Dodd Medal of Merit, she Read more
Gift of $25,000 Will Go Toward Developing National Suffragist Memorial FAIRFAX STATION, Va. (December 19, 2017) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association, dedicated to educating, inspiring and empowering present and future generations to remain vigilant in the quest for equal rights, has been awarded a Read more
In 1848, she and James visited the Seneca Indian Reservation in upstate New York. They both had been long time supporters of Native American rights. While there, Lucretia met with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Hunt and Mary Ann McClintock. Their discussion set the foundation for the First Woman’s Rights Read more
A teacher of physical culture from Buffalo, New York, Janet Fotheringham was 26 years old when she traveled to Washington to participate in the 1917 suffrage protests at the White House. Although little of her life before and after is known, her courageous participation in the protests earned her a place in Read more
On June 11, 2017, almost 150 supporters turned out to see a reading of the play, “Take Up the Song,” a production that traces the early years in the women’s suffragist movement through the words of its leaders. The event at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Virginia, helped raise $40,000 toward Read more
by Laura Ramirez Drain, Random Words Marketing, LLC Today Cafe Latin Radio & TV, we had as a guest Patricia Depew Wirth, the Executive Director of Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association. It is the mission of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association (TPSMA) to educate, inspire and empower Read more
A native of England, Edith Ainge was from Jamestown, New York. She came to the US as a child and was brought up in a family of nine brothers and sisters. Court records from her arrest for suffrage activity give her name as Mary E. Ainge. She came to DC as a suffrage activist having […]Read more
by Catherine Read, Creative Read, Inc. Catherine Read interviews Patricia Wirth, Executive Director of The Turning Point Suffragists Memorial Association. The goal of the organization is education of the public regarding the Suffragists Movement. The proposed memorial to be built in Occoquan Regional Park in Read more
2004 (rev. 2014) Dear Christopher, I am writing to pass on to you what my family has told me about my grandmother’s contribution to the women’s suffrage movement. I believe you are exactly the kind of person she had in mind when she worked so hard to promote the passage of the Suffrage Amendment to […]Read more