Wednesday, August 11 at 6:30pm
THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Suffragist Leader, Alice Paul, toasts to Suffrage Victory in 1920  |
Anne
Hoiberg, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of
San Diego and President of
the Women's History Museum,
discusses the history of the Women's Suffrage
Movement in the United States , which led to the passage of the
19th
Amendment.LOCATION: San Diego Public
Library Wangenheim Room (third floor), 820 E Street, San Diego, 92101 www.sandiegolibrary.orgFREE |
Monday, August 16th at noon
City Hall Reception
Suffragist March 1910  |
Join us at noon in the City Hall Lobby as we open a Salute to Suffrage display in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of Democracy for American women.
Hosted by the National Organization for Women, the League of Women Voters and the Women's History Museum.
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Thursday, August 26, at 5pm
Annual Suffrage Parade, Balboa Park
Annual Suffrage Parade Balboa Park  | Grab your banners and your flags and join us for the 4th Annual Suffrage Parade through Balboa Park, ending at the Organ Pavilion for a free concert and picnic on the grass. Meet at 5 at the Kate Sessions statue on the west end of the Laurel Street Bridge. Get ready to chant!
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Saturday, August 28th at 6pm
The Suffrage Ball at the historic Lafayette Hotel
 Built in 1946 the Lafayette is the perfect venue for this year's SUFFRAGE BALL as we re-enact the " Fabulous Forties" and the USO Dances of the era. Stay overnight at the hotel and experience the county's first heated Olympic-size pool designed by Tarzan... Johnie Weismuller and used for practice by long-distance champion Florence Chadwick. Dance to the 1940s sounds of the Sue Palmer Orchestra. Don your 40s duds and enter the Costume Contests. And most of all... celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Democracy for American Women! MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED. GO ON LINE TO OUR web site or call the museum at 619 233-6963. |
