Tag: women’s history

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] The “Alexandria Hospital: Women Mobilize the Community” exhibit opened Oct. 27 at the Lyceum. The exhibit was created to commemorate the...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller They are mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and grandmothers. They are factory workers, medical personnel and professional ballerinas. They are...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller When 17th century women’s rights advocate Margaret Brent owned much of the land upon which Alexandria sits today, she...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The city and local women’s organization Alexandria Celebrates Women came together on Aug. 26 to dedicate a historic marker to...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller When American suffragists were arrested outside the White House 104 years ago and sentenced for imprisonment in nearby Occoquan,...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller “Her strongest characteristic was a love of justice, and this was what made her a champion for women’s enfranchisement.” Fifteen...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller More than 150 years ago, in an age when most women were expected to “remember their place,” two women...