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The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum will be closed on Saturday February 6th due to the inclement weather.

Be our Valentine!

 

Special Exhibit: Valentines to President Wilson

On Valentine's Day 1916, suffragists delivered Valentines to President Wilson and Members of Congress to lobby for the right to vote.  For a limited time only-- February 7-14, sneak an exclusive look at these historic valentines on display at the museum!

 

Give an historic valentine to your Sweetheart!

If you join the National Woman's Party before noon on Wednesday, February 10, we will send you a reproduction photo of an historic Valentine to give to your Sweetheart (or your sweet self)!

In this cartoon by NWP political cartoonist Nina Allender, the women hold hearts representing the potential votes for Wilson if he supported women's right to vote.

The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, on Capitol Hill, explores the evolving role of women and their contributions to society through the continuing, and often untold, story of women's pursuit for equality.

The museum is the headquarters of the historic National Woman's Party and was the Washington home of its founder and Equal Rights Amendment author Alice Paul.

Alice Paul, founder of the National Woman's Party, dedicated her life to securing equal rights for women. The political strategies and techniques of Alice Paul and the NWP became the blueprint for civil rights organizations during the twentieth century. Paul is known internationally as a humanitarian; she was a great revolutionary and pioneer in the fight for women's equal rights.

Museum Highlights

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NWP Digital Collection

The National Woman's Party Digital Collection offers visitors a first-hand look at the extraordinary documentation of the suffrage and equal rights movements. The depth and diversity of the collection demonstrates how the records, artifacts, and images of the past influence and help to form the ideas of the present.
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Educational Programs

The suffrage movement is, no doubt, an important mark in the country's pursuit for equality for all people. The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum strives to bring to all ages educational programming that positions leadership and empowerment within the story of the longest civil rights movement in the country—women's enfranchisement and equality.