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The Suffrage Hikes of 1912 to 1914 brought attention to the issue of
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. Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque 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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Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. Albany is the oldes ...
. The second hike was from New York City to
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, 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 (nicknamed The Colonel), Elisabeth Freeman, 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

* Hudson Terminal in
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departure on February 12, 1913 at 9:00 am *
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Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Rahway, New Jersey Rahway () is a city (New Jersey), city in southern Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway River, Rahway Valley region, in the New ...
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Metuchen, New Jersey Metuchen ( ) is a suburban Borough (New Jersey), borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a commuter town of New York City, located in the heart of the Raritan River, Raritan Valle ...
, 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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,
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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 Ida Craft File:Suffrage hike.jpg, Suffrage hikers in
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, in 1913


See also

* Great Pilgrimage, suffragist march in Britain 1913 * Mohandas Gandhi's Salt March *
List of suffragists and suffragettes This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publi ...
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List of women's rights activists Notable women's rights activists are as follows, arranged alphabetically by modern country names and by the names of the persons listed: Afghanistan * Amina Azimi – disabled women's rights advocate * Hasina Jalal – women's empowerment activis ...
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Selma to Montgomery marches The Selma to Montgomery marches were three Demonstration (protest), protest marches, held in 1965, along the highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery. The marches were organized by Nonviolence, nonvi ...
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Silent Sentinels The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, were an American group of over 2,000 women in favor of women's suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, who nonviolently protested in front of the White House ...
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Timeline of women's suffrage Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain Social ...
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Woman Suffrage Procession The Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, was the first Women's suffrage, suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. The procession was organized by the suffra ...
, 1913 *
Padayatra A padayatra () is a journey undertaken by politicians or prominent citizens to interact more closely with different parts of society, educate about issues concerning them, and galvanize his or her supporters. ''Padayatras'' or foot pilgrimages ar ...


References

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