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Most are aware that for the past several months we have been planning a momentous, day-long celebration on August 26, 2020, to formally dedicate the memorial and mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. For a myriad of reasons emanating from the pandemic, we have reluctantly decided to indefinitely Read more

Special thanks go to all those who attended the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Gala on June 6, 2019, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. It was an honor to pay tribute to and recognize seven “Silent Sentinels.“   Your attendance and support helped us raise an additional $30,000+ for the Read more

By Sophie Meredith Sides Cowan, great granddaughter of Sophie Meredith In 1851 Sophie Gooding Rose was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts to John Rose from Talbot County, Maryland and Sophia Gooding Barker from New Bedford, Massachusetts. When her father died, her mother left their home in Baltimore and returned 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

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