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Women's Equality Day Event Held At Official Justice Bell
The Washington Memorial Heritage Hosted Several Distinguished Women At The Washington Memorial Chapel, The Home Of The Justice Bell
The Washington Memorial Heritage hosted several distinguished women, including PA U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean and Alison LaLond Wyant, Secretary, League of Women Voters of PA, at the official Justice Bell at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge to commemorate Women’s Equality Day.
The Justice Bell, also known as the “Women’s Liberty Bell,” is prominently displayed in the atrium of the National Patriots Bell Tower of the Chapel and was the brainchild and gift of Katherine Wentworth Ruschenberger of Strafford, Chester County, PA to call attention to the fight for women’s suffrage.
Modeled after the Liberty Bell without the crack, the Justice Bell was used to support the movement for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It initially toured Pennsylvania in June 1915, covering more than 5,000 miles by November 2 of that year and then traveled to Chicago and Washington, DC, as well as other localities. The 19th Amendment was proposed on June 5, 1919. Ratification took place on August 18 and was certified on Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 1920. On September 25, 1920, the clapper of the Bell was unchained at a celebration held in Independence Square in Philadelphia.
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This magnificent piece of history and symbol for women’s equality is open to visitors daily at the Chapel.
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Seated Left To Right:
Alison LaLond Wyant
Secretary, League of Women Voters of PA
Elizabeth Watkins
Vice President General, NSDAR
Honorary State Regent
Pennsylvania State Society Regent
Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Zabeth Teelucksingh
President and Executive Director
Global Philadelphia
Katie Galbraith
Executive Director
Lankenau Medical Center
Standing Left to Right:
Susan Jablokov
Daughters of the British Empire
Pat Jordan
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Pat Nogar
Rector’s Warden
Washington Memorial Chapel
Madeleine Dean
U. S. Representative
PA - 4th District
Wendy Greenfield
Executive Director
Main Line School Night
Gillian Norris-Szanto
League of Women Voters of Radnor
Colleen Holt-McCauley
The Colonial Dames of America
Molly Duffy
Executive Director
Valley Forge Park Alliance
