Women's Rights Exhibits in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania was a hotbed for the women's suffrage movement in the early 20th century and the birthplace of some of the most vocal supporters of women's rights. Women throughout the Keystone State strongly pushed for the signing of the Suffrage Amendment, which became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Pennsylvania is home to museums with women's rights exhibits and historic landmarks that serve as an ode to the pioneers of women's rights.
  1. Woman's Liberty Bell

    • The Woman's Liberty Bell is also known as the Justice Bell and was created during the early 20th century. One of the leaders of the Suffrage movement, Katherine Ruschenberger, commissioned the development of the Woman's Liberty Bell in 1915; the bell's creators patterned it after the Liberty Bell. The women's rights movement displayed the bell in every county of Pennsylvania during the summer of 1915 to raise awareness of women's suffrage. Currently, the Woman's Liberty Bell rests within the Tower Room of the Washington National Bell Tower, which is in Valley Forge's Washington Memorial Chapel.

    Pine Place Site

    • Many people identify Louisa May Alcott, an advocate of women's rights, with living in New England due to the content of her books, including “Little Women.” While the Orchard House Museum (Alcott's home) is in Connecticut, Alcott's birthplace is on Germantown Avenue in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. A historic marker is in front of the late author's residence, where she was born in 1832. Alcott moved from the house when she was 2 years old. The historic marker mentions Alcott's involvement in women's suffrage by stating, “A Civil War nurse and suffragist, she wrote books for children and numerous gothic thrillers.”

    Pennsylvania Veterans Museum

    • The Pennsylvania Veterans Museum honors the involvement of women in the U.S. armed forces with its Home Front and Women of the War exhibits. These exhibits feature photographs, authentic 1940s magazines and graphic displays and focus how women contributed to World War II. The Home Front exhibit illustrates how women made an impact in the U.S. and Women of the War show what responsibilities women had in the field of battle. The Pennsylvania Veterans Museum is on East State Street in Media, a suburb in greater Philadelphia.

    Fair Hill Burial Ground

    • The Fair Hill Burial Ground in Philadelphia is the final resting place for some of the most prominent advocates of women's rights. George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (a Quaker organization) established the Burial Ground in 1703. Two of the women resting at Fair Hill are Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) and Mary Ann M'Clintock (unknown-1884), who were largely responsible for operating the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Also buried at Fair Hill is Sarah Pugh, a presiding officer of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and Ann Preston, a staunch advocate of the Clarkson Anti-Slavery Society.

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