In Their Footsteps Suffrage Walking Tour
Washington, District of Columbia
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 2 hours
Through imagery and visits to key locations in the DC area, gain an understanding of the suffragist struggle for equality and the right to vote. The American woman suffrage movement is recognized as officially starting in 1848, at the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention in New York. Over the next 72 years, generations of activist women (and men) worked tirelessly until the 19th Amendment was adopted. It took the efforts of a wide range of women, from the most radical advocates of male and female equality, to women who saw the right to vote as necessary to more effectively advocate for moral and social reform. Their efforts to succeed set the stage for grassroots efforts to come, proving that determined citizens can achieve change.
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Through imagery and visits to key locations in the DC area, gain an understanding of the suffragist struggle for equality and the right to vote. The American woman suffrage movement is recognized as officially starting in 1848, at the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention in New York. Over the next 72 years, generations of activist women (and men) worked tirelessly until the 19th Amendment was adopted. It took the efforts of a wide range of women, from the most radical advocates of male and female equality, to women who saw the right to vote as necessary to more effectively advocate for moral and social reform. Their efforts to succeed set the stage for grassroots efforts to come, proving that determined citizens can achieve change.The American woman suffrage movement is recognized as officially starting in 1848, at the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention in New York. Over the next 72 years, generations of activist women (and men) worked tirelessly until the 19th Amendment was adopted. It took the efforts of a wide range of women, from the most radical advocates of male and female equality, to women who saw the right to vote as necessary to more effectively advocate for moral and social reform. Their efforts to succeed set the stage for grassroots efforts to come, proving that determined citizens can achieve change.
The In Their Footsteps Suffrage Walking Tour begins at the top of the escalator at the Archives/Navy Memorial Metro stop near 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20004 on Pennsylvania Avenue. The tour will cover about 1.2 miles, and will last about two hours. The tour ends near the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum. The tour will stop at historically significant buildings and discuss the important role individuals played in the suffrage movement, focusing especially on the 1913 parade. Please bring water as none is available on the tour. This tour will still occur if it is raining.
The In Their Footsteps Suffrage Walking Tour begins at the top of the escalator at the Archives/Navy Memorial Metro stop near 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20004 on Pennsylvania Avenue. The tour will cover about 1.2 miles, and will last about two hours. The tour ends near the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum. The tour will stop at historically significant buildings and discuss the important role individuals played in the suffrage movement, focusing especially on the 1913 parade. Please bring water as none is available on the tour. This tour will still occur if it is raining.
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