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Join us for a no-host lunch and docent-led tour of the Women's Museum of California at Liberty Station
Friday, June 13
11 to 3pm
$8 includes entry and tour
Reservations are required-858-792-7565
Marching Toward Empowerment- Suffrage and the First Wave of Feminism
 
The story of women's suffrage in the late part of the 19th Century and early 20th Centery is the centerpiece of women's equality in the United States.  We wanted to tell this story in a visceral way that visitors could easily connect to.  It was the marching of the Suffragists in 1913 that really got the attention of the nation.  What, we asked, were they wearing on their feet to do all this marching?   A small collection of turn of the century shoes and boots helps to tell the story in this exhibit.  Clothing of the time, political buttons, sashes, pamphlets and other paraphenalia round out the visual elements including a letter from Susan B. Anthony to California Suffragist, Alice Park whose archives we have in our collection. 
"Independence is happiness."
Susan B. Anthony