Tag: pat miller
Better With Age Profile: Making a mark
By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected]
There are always a few special people in a community who do the most to help others. Pat Miller is one...
The story of 1600s landowner ‘Gentleman’ Margaret Brent
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
Margaret Brent, a woman with strong ties to the geographic region that would become Alexandria, asked for the right...
The story of the ratification of the 19th Amendment
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
One hundred years ago this month, American women achieved the right to vote. August 2020 marks the ratification anniversary...
The women’s suffrage movement – a template for modern protests
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
The violence directed at some of the recent equal rights marches and protests can be traced to many civil...
Honoring Alexandria’s Kate Waller Barrett
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
Kate Waller Barrett was an Alexandria suffragist who helped the city and nation during the 1918 flu pandemic and...
‘Lifting as We Climb’: A tale of African American women suffragists
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
The two-mile long procession stretched between the U.S. Capitol and Treasury Building. As thousands of participants walked in solidarity...
Celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United...
Budding nonprofit honors Alexandria women
By Luke Anderson | [email protected]
This year marks the centennial of women’s right to vote thanks to the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment, and...
Our View: ALIVE! embodies our best
When members from a handful of churches in Alexandria gathered in May 1969 to discuss how they might work together to help low-income city...
Our View: The path to unity is walked one step at...
Those who watched the pregame portion of the Washington Nationals’ Oct. 6 playoff opener saw Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) throw out the ceremonial first...
