Turning Point Suffragist Memorial

Monument in Lorton, Virginia

The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial is a monument to American suffragists. The memorial is located in Lorton, Virginia's Occoquan Regional Park and stands in close proximity to Occoquan Workhouse, a prison where 168 suffragists were once held during the 1910s Silent Sentinels demonstrations.

The memorial opened in May 2021.

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Events

International	International Woman Suffrage Alliance conferences 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Hong Kong	Hong Kong 1 July marches 2014 Hong Kong protests 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
United Kingdom	WSPU march (1906) Mud March (1907) Women's Sunday (1908) Black Friday (1910) Battle of Downing Street (1910) Women's Coronation Procession (1911) Great Pilgrimage (1913) Open Christmas Letter (1914) Suffragette bombing and arson campaign
United States	Seneca Falls Convention (1848) Declaration of Sentiments (1848) Rochester Convention (1848) Ohio Women's Convention (1850) National Women's Rights Convention (1850–1869) Trial of Susan B. Anthony (1872–1873) Suffrage Hikes (1912–1914) Woman Suffrage Procession (1913) Suffrage Torch Suffrage Special (1916) Silent Sentinels (1917–1919) Night of Terror Prison Special 1920 United States presidential election "Give Us the Ballot" (1957) Freedom Summer (1964) Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)

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v t e Silent Sentinels
Sentinels	Edith Ainge Nina E. Allender Annie Arniel Abby Scott Baker Mary Ritter Beard Alva Belmont Lucy Gwynne Branham Lucy Burns Iris Calderhead Sarah Tarleton Colvin Dorothy Day Julia Emory Matilda Hall Gardner Florence Bayard Hilles Alison Turnbull Hopkins Julia Hurlbut Mary Hall Ingham Paula O. Jakobi Dora Lewis Anne Henrietta Martin Nell Mercer Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith Vida Milholland Katherine Morey Mary A. Nolan Alice Paul Alice Gram Robinson Elizabeth Selden Rogers Caroline Spencer Doris Stevens Betty Gram Swing Mary Church Terrell Phyllis Terrell Mabel Vernon Evelyn Wotherspoon Wainwright Amelia Himes Walker Ruza Wenclawska Sue Shelton White Margaret Fay Whittemore Maud Younger
Memorials	Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
Related	National Woman's Party The Suffragist Occoquan Workhouse Prison Special Women's suffrage in the United States Jailed for Freedom (1920 book) Iron Jawed Angels (2004 film) Suffs (2022 musical)