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19Aug

August 19, 1920

Intent on assuring that yesterday's historic victory does not become muddled by a vote to revoke approval, suffrage supporters spent today keeping company with every Tennessee House member who voted to ratify the Susan B. Anthony (woman suffrage) Amendment. When not being fanned on the House floor when it was in
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07Sep

Importance of This Memorial

Talk by Edith Mayo, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History at the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial’s Honorary Board Dinner on May 21, 2015. I have been asked to share some thoughts with you tonight on the importance of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial as an historic site.
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03Aug

Announcing TPMSA’s 2015 National Essay and Creative Content Contest

2015 Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association National Student Essay and Creative Content Contest [space] FAIRFAX, Va. (August 5, 2015) The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association (TPSMA) announced the start of its First Annual National Essay and Creative Content Contest open to any currently enrolled
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03Aug

TPSMA Launches National University Campus Affiliates Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 CONTACT: Whitney G. Stohr 509-844-1185 wstohr@suffragistmemorial.org www.suffragistmemorial.org TPSMA Launches National University Campus Affiliates Program Virginia non-profit raising funds to construct national memorial honoring women suffragists invites individual college
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25May

TPSMA welcomes members of the new Honorary Board of Directors

The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association welcomed members of the new Honorary Board of Directors during a dinner celebration on May 21, 2015 in Occoquan, Virginia, near the site of the planned memorial. The members of the Honorary Board will help TPSMA raise awareness about the memorial and support its
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26Apr

Nominate Trailblazing Women for TPSMA Silent Sentinel Award

Call for Nominations! The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association requests nominations for the 2015 Silent Sentinel Award, honoring someone who has been instrumental in advocating for women’s rights in the United States. The award highlights and honors outstanding individuals who share common traits
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20Mar

Wash. WTOP news article features TPSM, Honorary Board member Edith Mayo

Check this out:  A recent article on wtop, New Memorial to Suffragettes Along the Occoquan, by Max Smith (@amaxsmith), featuring TPSM Honorary Board member Edith Mayo. WASHINGTON — March is Women’s History Month, and while some question the need for the annual event, others in the Washington area have first-hand
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14Mar

Fairfax County, Va., recognizes TPSM Honorary Board member, Edith P. Mayo

On Tuesday, March 3, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors honored Edith P. Mayo, Curator Emeritus of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, during the 2015 Proclamation Ceremony in recognition of Women’s History Month. We at TPSMA are thrilled that Edith was
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04Mar

TPSMA Honorary Board Members

Introducing… The distinguished members of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial’s newly appointed Honorary Board. Clara L. Adams-Ender Brigadier General Clara L. Adams-Ender, US Army, Retired, is Executive Director of Caring about People with Enthusiasm (CAPE) Legacy Fund, Inc., a nonprofit foundation
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