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Reclaiming Women's History. Highlighting Women's Contributions. Promoting Voter Participation.
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#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1917, US suffragists held at the Occoquan Workhouse are assaulted by the guards, at the order of the supervisor. The “Night of Terror” galvanises support for the women.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1917, US suffragists held at the Occoquan Workhouse are assaulted by the guards, at the order of the supervisor. The “Night of Terror” galvanises support for the women.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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Join us on Oct 11th at the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
for a screening of our film "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" followed by a Q&A with Amanda Owen, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Justice Bell Foundation
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for a screening of our film "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" followed by a Q&A with Amanda Owen, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Justice Bell Foundation
calendar.buckslib.org/event/15169618
Finding Justice: The Untold Story of the Justice Bell
You know the Liberty Bell. But have you heard the story of the Justice Bell?
Discover the inspiring Pennsylvania story about a lost icon of the women's suffrage...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us on Oct 11th at the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
for a screening of our film "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" followed by a Q&A with Amanda Owen, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Justice Bell Foundation
calendar.buckslib.org/event/15169618
for a screening of our film "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" followed by a Q&A with Amanda Owen, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Justice Bell Foundation
calendar.buckslib.org/event/15169618
A large crowd came out to see our film at the Bradford County Historical Society on September 19. We are looking forward to a possible return trip in 2026 for an America250 celebration.
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'Finding Justice' program hosted at Bradford County Historical Society
TOWANDA — Dozens of community members gathered at the Bradford County Historical Society this Friday for “Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote,” the latest in
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September 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A large crowd came out to see our film at the Bradford County Historical Society on September 19. We are looking forward to a possible return trip in 2026 for an America250 celebration.
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Join us for an exciting event at MCCC on September 17 at 1:15 pm at the Blue Bell campus. Our Justice Bell replica will share the stage with four prominent female Pennsylvania judges and lawyers who will discuss the 19th Amendment. #justicebell #19thamendment #womenmakinghistory #constitutionday
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join us for an exciting event at MCCC on September 17 at 1:15 pm at the Blue Bell campus. Our Justice Bell replica will share the stage with four prominent female Pennsylvania judges and lawyers who will discuss the 19th Amendment. #justicebell #19thamendment #womenmakinghistory #constitutionday
The Justice Bell Foundation presentation in Lycoming County. #justicebell #womenssuffrage
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Museum program focuses on women’s suffrage movement
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host a lecture by Amanda Owen at 2 p.m., Sept. 21. Owen is the executive director of the Justice Bell Foundation, a nonprofit ...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Justice Bell Foundation presentation in Lycoming County. #justicebell #womenssuffrage
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The 19th Amendment was officially certified on August 26, 1920, a date now celebrated annually as Women’s Equality Day. #19thamendment #justice #womenvote #womensequalityday
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The 19th Amendment was officially certified on August 26, 1920, a date now celebrated annually as Women’s Equality Day. #19thamendment #justice #womenvote #womensequalityday
Adella Emma Potter was already a well-known and respected speaker in Pennsylvania when she joined the Justice Bell tour in August 1915. She gave speeches in Monroe County and remained with the bell party until October 30, delivering the final speech of the campaign in Chester County. #justicebell
August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Adella Emma Potter was already a well-known and respected speaker in Pennsylvania when she joined the Justice Bell tour in August 1915. She gave speeches in Monroe County and remained with the bell party until October 30, delivering the final speech of the campaign in Chester County. #justicebell
Niota Mayor Lois Preece recently announced a new event that will take place in the town. This new event known as Febb Fest will be a festival in honor of Febb Burn and other “strong women” and will take place on Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. www.dailypostathenian.com/news/article...
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Niota Mayor Lois Preece recently announced a new event that will take place in the town. This new event known as Febb Fest will be a festival in honor of Febb Burn and other “strong women” and will take place on Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. www.dailypostathenian.com/news/article...
In 1915, Mary Stewart wrote to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association to offer her help. She joined the bell party as a speaker on June 30 in Crawford County and remained with the tour until August 7 in Centre County.
#justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenshistory #PAhistory #suffragist
#justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenshistory #PAhistory #suffragist
August 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In 1915, Mary Stewart wrote to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association to offer her help. She joined the bell party as a speaker on June 30 in Crawford County and remained with the tour until August 7 in Centre County.
#justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenshistory #PAhistory #suffragist
#justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenshistory #PAhistory #suffragist
As the Justice Bell arrived in Bedford, PA, on August 3, 1915, a heatwave that had gripped the state for days brought oppressive humidity, stifling temperatures in the 90s, and torrential rain. Louise Hall, umbrella in hand, delivered her speech to a large crowd. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour
August 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As the Justice Bell arrived in Bedford, PA, on August 3, 1915, a heatwave that had gripped the state for days brought oppressive humidity, stifling temperatures in the 90s, and torrential rain. Louise Hall, umbrella in hand, delivered her speech to a large crowd. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour
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"When we show girls that they’ve always been part of history, we equip them to believe that they can shape its future." In #AHAPerspectives, read how Jessica Ramos teaches counternarratives to her elementary students. 🗃️
Teaching Girls They Belong
Teaching counternarratives deepens elementary students’ understanding of history and helps underrepresented groups see themselves as part of the story.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"When we show girls that they’ve always been part of history, we equip them to believe that they can shape its future." In #AHAPerspectives, read how Jessica Ramos teaches counternarratives to her elementary students. 🗃️
On July 24, 1915, one thousand people gathered in Brookville, PA, to see the Justice Bell and listen to suffragists, Harriet Grim, Emma MacAlarney & Louise Hall, advocate for the right to vote. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenssuffrage #PAHistory #americanhistory #brookvillepa
July 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
On July 24, 1915, one thousand people gathered in Brookville, PA, to see the Justice Bell and listen to suffragists, Harriet Grim, Emma MacAlarney & Louise Hall, advocate for the right to vote. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenssuffrage #PAHistory #americanhistory #brookvillepa
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“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops,” wrote Kate Sheppard, the leader of the movement for women’s suffrage in New Zealand, who died on this date in 1934.
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July 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops,” wrote Kate Sheppard, the leader of the movement for women’s suffrage in New Zealand, who died on this date in 1934.
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Pamphilia Hardman Phillips (Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips), president of the Lawrence County Women’s Suffrage party, was part of the escorting party that welcomed the Justice Bell to the county on July 2, 1915. Learn about Phillips here: www.lawrencechs.com/suffrage-pio... #justicebell #justicebelltour
July 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pamphilia Hardman Phillips (Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips), president of the Lawrence County Women’s Suffrage party, was part of the escorting party that welcomed the Justice Bell to the county on July 2, 1915. Learn about Phillips here: www.lawrencechs.com/suffrage-pio... #justicebell #justicebelltour
The Justice Bell and suffragists entered Meadville in Crawford County on July 1, 1915, after a grueling, rainy seven-hour journey from Erie County. That afternoon, they traveled to Cambridge Springs, home to a flourishing suffrage society, where a crowd of several hundred greeted them. #justicebell
July 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Justice Bell and suffragists entered Meadville in Crawford County on July 1, 1915, after a grueling, rainy seven-hour journey from Erie County. That afternoon, they traveled to Cambridge Springs, home to a flourishing suffrage society, where a crowd of several hundred greeted them. #justicebell
Our book about the Justice Bell will be available by the end of the summer. You can learn about it here: www.justicebell.org/justicebellb... #justicebell #womenssuffrage
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The Justice Bell: Tracing the Journey of a Forgotten Symbol tells the story of a band of intrepid women and their one-ton bronze bell that became an icon of the American women's suffrage movement.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our book about the Justice Bell will be available by the end of the summer. You can learn about it here: www.justicebell.org/justicebellb... #justicebell #womenssuffrage
More than 160 years after women cast their first votes in America, Congress approved the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. It didn’t become part of the Constitution, however, until it was ratified by the 36th state legislature, Tennessee, on August 18, 1920.
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The 19th Amendment, Explained
It took more than a century of fighting by generations of activists to achieve suffrage for all American women.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
More than 160 years after women cast their first votes in America, Congress approved the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. It didn’t become part of the Constitution, however, until it was ratified by the 36th state legislature, Tennessee, on August 18, 1920.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res....
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res....
Sue Bowman's article about the Justice Bell and suffragists in Lebanon County in 1915 when women were fighting for the right to vote.
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A Quick History Lesson on Why You Should Vote [Opinion]
May 20 marks Pennsylvania's municipal primary election. Columnist Sue Bowman reminds us why voting is so important, particularly when considering how hard women fought for this constitutional right.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sue Bowman's article about the Justice Bell and suffragists in Lebanon County in 1915 when women were fighting for the right to vote.
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