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Suffrage hikers on their way to Washington DC

The Suffrage Hikes of 1912 to 1914 brought attention to the issue of

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Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque born Florence Gertrude Sparagnapane (22 July 1864 – 2 January 1949) was a British suffragist. She was the "Originator and leader of the women's suffrage march from Edinburgh to London 1912". Life Fonblanque was b ...

organised the first from

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. Within months Rosalie Gardiner Jones had organized the first American one which left from

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. The second hike was from New York City to Washington, D.C., and covered 230 miles in 17 days.

American participants

The major participants of the hikes, and the ones who covered the entire distance, were reporter Emma Bugbee,

Ida Craft Ida Augusta Craft (December 25, 1860 – September 14, 1947) was an American suffragist known for her participation in suffrage hikes. Early life Craft was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1860, the daughter of John Craft and Eleanor Voorhies Perle ...

(nicknamed The Colonel),

Elisabeth Freeman Elisabeth Freeman (September 12, 1876 – February 27, 1942) was a British-born American suffragist and civil rights activist, best known for her investigative report for the NAACP on the May 1916 spectacle lynching of Jesse Washington in Wac ...

, and Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who was known as The General.

1912 Suffrage Hike to Albany

It began on Monday morning at 9:40 am, December 16, 1912, and left from the 242nd Street subway station in The Bronx where about 500 women had gathered. About 200, including the newspaper correspondents, started to walk north. The march continued for thirteen days, through sun and rain and snow covering a distance of 170 miles, including detours for speeches. The first 5 pilgrims walked into Albany at 4:00 pm, December 28, 1912.

1913 Suffrage Hike to Washington

Itinerary

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departure on February 12, 1913 at 9:00 am *

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, arrived on night of February 12, 1913, and stayed in a hotel (about 28 miles) *

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, arrived on February 18. Greeted by the mayor, had horse, Lausanne, checked out by a vet, and given a kitten as a mascot. *

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* Trenton *

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- Arrived February 26 sent a parcel with a flag and message ahead to President-elect Wilson. A colored women's suffrage group attempts to join but is put off by the townspeople's claims of "trouble" and Rosalie Jones who says "none could join at this late date" *

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arrival (about 225 miles) File:Hikers 3159335853 d5166376dd o.jpg, Rosalie Gardiner Jones and

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, in 1913

References

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American participants

1912 Suffrage Hike to Albany

1913 Suffrage Hike to Washington

Itinerary

See also

References