League of Women Voters of Alabama
Fund to Support the
Women's Suffragist Memorial

Your donation is
tax deductible!

What will the memorial look like? See the
Architects' Rendering of the Women's Suffragist Memorial.

Join the League of Women Voters of Alabama in donating to the construction of the Women's Suffragist Memorial to be located in Occoquan Regional Park and the National Register listed DC Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District. This site is adjacent to the Occoquan Workhouse where Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and 211 other suffragists were imprisoned for picketing on behalf of women's suffrage at the White House gates. It was in the Occoquan Workhouse that the suffragists went on a hunger strike in protest of their treatment and the continued practice of denying women the right to vote. These women were force fed repeatedly during their stay. The United States Supreme Court later ruled all 213 arrests to be unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment. A donation from the League of Women Voters of Alabama in the sum of $1000 will ensure Alabama Leagues are recognized on the donation wall of the Memorial. Please help us reach this goal by donating to our Memorial fund. Your donation is tax deductible and all funds donated will be given for construction of the memorial.

We will remember their sacrifice for our right to vote!
Thank you for your donation!

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