Lucy Burns Museum To Open At Workhouse Arts Center
The new Lucy Burns Museum is opening at the Workhouse Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 25. The historic logbook at the museum reads that a majority of the 72 Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 were officially jailed for “obstructing sidewalks". This minor offense was enforced though, and it led to a turning point in the Women’s suffrage movement to secure voting rights for all women in the United States. Continue reading