Suffrage Hikes
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The Suffrage Hikes of 1912 to 1914 brought attention to the issue of women's suffrage.[1] Rosalie Gardiner Jones organized the first one which left from Manhattan to Albany, New York.[2][3] The second hike was from New York City to Washington, D.C., and covered 230 miles in 17 days.[4][5]
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Participants
The major participants of the hikes, and the ones who covered the entire distance, were reporter Emma Bugbee,[6] Ida Craft (nicknamed The Colonel),[7] Elisabeth Freeman,[8] and Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who was known as The General.[8]
1912 Suffrage Hike to Albany
It began on Monday morning at 9:40 am, December 16, 1912, and left from the 242nd street subway station in Manhattan, where about 500 women had gathered. About 200, including the newspaper correspondents, started to walk north. The march continued for thirteen days, through sun and rain and snow covering a distance of 170 miles, including detours for speeches. The first 5 pilgrims walked into Albany at 4:00 pm, December 28, 1912.[3][9]
1913 Suffrage Hike to Washington
Itinerary
- Hudson Terminal in New York City departure on February 12, 1913 at 9:00 am[10]
- Newark, New Jersey[10]
- Elizabeth, New Jersey[10]
- Rahway, New Jersey[10]
- Metuchen, New Jersey arrived on night of February 12, 1913 and stayed in a hotel[10] (about 28 miles)
- New Brunswick[10]
- Princeton
- Trenton
- Philadelphia
- Baltimore[7][8]
- Laurel, Maryland - Arrived February 26, joined by a colored women suffage group and sent a parcel with a flag and message ahead to President-elect Wilson.[11]
- Washington, District of Columbia arrival (about 225 miles)
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Suffrage hikers in Newark, New Jersey in 191
See also
- Mohandas Gandhi's Salt March
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights activists
- Selma to Montgomery marches
- Silent Sentinels
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913
- Padayatra
References
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