Suffragette City

This weekend was the Suffrage Centennial- a celebration of the anniversary of the March 3rd, 1913 suffrage march on Washington led by Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and a host of other extremely important and influential women. It was also the centennial of the founding of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority (the founders also marched in the  1913 parade, but unfortunately were ect to racism).
The Centennial Celebration was organized by several feminist groups including Delta Sigma Theta, UniteWomen.org, NOW, The National Women's History Museum, and the Sewall-Belmont House- just to name a few. I was SO very excited to take part in this weekend's activities- to meet like minded people and discuss/honor the 1913 event. 
On Saturday, we started off the celebration by picking up my suffragette sash and then running to the National Archives for a screening of Iron Jawed Angels (which I generally liked, aside from the blatant sexualization of the Alice Paul character- really, HBO?), a film based on Alice Paul and Lucy Burn's role in the fight for the 19th Amendment. I quite literally mean that we ran- I was so excited for this weekend that I could barely sit still!  Following the film, there was a discussion between Page Harrison of the Sewall-Belmont House and Lucy Beard of the Alice Paul Institute about the positive aspects and the inaccuracies of the film. We also viewed the 19th Amendment that is (very) briefly being displayed at the Archives.



Afterwards, we went to the Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters to see the Fashioning the New Woman exhibit- a display showcasing the correlation between less fabric and more personal and political freedom for America's women. (There was a great moment while we were there, when a group of fabulous-looking older women walked into the museum and a very cool older lady in a bright red jumpsuit confused a bust of George Washington with a bust of Gertrude Stein....)



When we moved to DC, this is exactly the type of event that I hoped to participate in- as a feminist and an activist, I love living in a city that plays host and platform to strong people with conviction and passion for change.
While we were out, we had lunch at a Panera in Chinatown and had this very metropolitan view of downtown. I love.



I feel very lucky to have met and married a feminist.
He is a rare one.

p.s.
This is part 1 of the posts on this past weekend's events.

Many Huzzahs,
Janice & Jared