Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association

Fairfax County, Virginia is the site of one of the most significant moments in the fight for women's suffrage in the United States. In 1917, more than 70 suffragists were imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse in Northern Virginia, in retaliation for picketing outside the White House for the right to vote. The reports of inhumane conditions, beatings and force-feedings at the workhouse electrified the country and became the "turning point" in the struggle for the 19th Amendment. 

The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association (TPSMA) is a volunteer-led, nonprofit organization working with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to raise awareness about women's history and the American suffrage movement, and to build a national memorial commemorating the decades-long struggle for suffrage. The planned memorial will be located in Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton, Virginia, near the site of the original women's workhouse.

Help TPSMA build this important memorial recognizing a pivotal moment in American history by donating to our Fund, or starting a fundraiser to support our work.