Planned March To Commemorate Suffragette Centennial
While the anniversary of the 19th amendment's passage isn't until 2020, 2013 marks an important anniversary with a local connection.
It's hard to believe that it was less than 100 years ago that women in the United States didn't have the right to vote. The centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment isn't until 2020, but a critical step in the women's suffrage movement will celebrate 100 years in February and has a surprising tie to the Overlea community. In the winter of 1913, a group of suffragettes marched from New York City to Washington D.C. in the dead of winter to draw attention to the women's suffrage movement and on their path they stopped in Overlea, according to an article in the New York Times. That's why Overlea Community Association board member Doris Poling is organizing an event to celebrate the milestone. "When I heard about it I was …
