Tar and Feather Women?

The Woman Suffrage Parade held on March 3rd, 1913. It started off alright but ended in widespread attacks leading to many injuries due to mostly male crowds jeering and harassing marchers toward the end of the parade.

After charges that physical attacks were allowed by the DC police on the Suffragists, the US Senate's Sub-Committee of the Committee of the District of Columbia held hearings and found the police negligent of protecting the paraders. The DC Superintendent of Police was replaced following the hearings.

According to the New York Times March 1913, anti-vote women golfers prepared tar and feathers in preparation for punishing Suffragettes if they attepmted to plant "Votes for Women or No Golf" signs on the course. After the vigilance was relaxed, the Suffragettes were able to sneak on the golf course and plant their sign with no tar/feather punishment.


Info from:
 ---Above photo from www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/files/2013/03/FINAL-PICTURE.jpg.
Suffrage March Details (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/aw01e/aw01e.html#ack)

---Tar and Feather Story(http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06EFD6163FE633A25751C0A9659C946296D6CF)


Whole Hearing in the book Suffrage Parade: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia at this super long link:
http://books.google.com/books?id=-YsEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Suffrage+Parade:+Hearings+before+a+Subcommittee+of+the+Committee+on+the+District+of+Columbia,+Government+Printing+Office,+1913&source=bl&ots=uTsldIJoWS&sig=KFKd12MaukARzXQj9Yr8QXArr3c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fVJIUbvLMa6m4AO_zIGgAQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Suffrage%20Parade%3A%20Hearings%20before%20a%20Subcommittee%20of%20the%20Committee%20on%20the%20District%20of%20Columbia%2C%20Government%20Printing%20Office%2C%201913&f=false)

Immigration Reform Video Chat

The Fundamentals of Immigration ReformAn Online Video Chat

with

Demetrios G. PapademetriouPresident, Migration Policy Institute

and

Kit Rachlis
Editor-in-Chief, The American Prospect 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT

To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs. We must also recognize that those needs will evolve over time -- and our laws must continually evolve with them.

Beginning with that statement, MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou, in a cover story in the latest edition of The American Prospect magazine, tackles some of the major challenges Congress must resolve if it is to create an immigration system that is in the national interest — now and for the future.

Watch MPI’s President and the Editor-in-Chief of The American Prospect engage in a lively Google Hangout discussion about the policies and politics that have created the United States’ antiquated, inflexible immigration system and how to create a modern-day, flexible immigration system suited for the competitiveness of the 21st century. They’ll discuss recommendations for reform, with a focus on issues that are getting less attention, including: the need for completion of a US entry-exit system, what provisions are needed to assure the economic and social integration of newcomers and their children, and what flexible provisions should be included to guarantee the nation’s strategic priorities.

To get coordinates to watch the video chat online at 2:30 ET Tuesday, March 26, register here.  For more information, call +1-202-266-1929 or email events@migrationpolicy.org.

Upcoming Commissions Events, Activities and Meetings

Inez Milholland on white horse March 1913
Woman Suffrage March in DC
(photo: www.boissevain.us/inezmilholland.html)

Mark your calendars:

March 27
Women’s History Month Reception
6:00pm at 259 Lowell Street

March 28
Human Rights Commission 
Monthly Meeting
6:30pm 93 Highland Avenue


APRIL
April 4………Know Your Rights Campaign Committee
                       6:00pm (Location TBA)
April 18.........Women's Commission Report Launch
                      6:00pm at 259 Lowell Street
April 25…… Human Rights Commission 
                       Monthly Meeting
                       7:00pm 93 Highland Avenue

MAY
May 2……….Commissions’ Workshop
                       6:00pm (Location TBA)
                             NOTE: We might switch to May 9
                             So watch this event
May 13….…Immigrant Police Monthly Dialogue Session
                      3:30pm at 220 Washington Street
May 15.….. Women’s Commission Monthly Meeting
                       7:00pm 50 Evergreen Avenue
May 23.…… Human Rights Commission Monthly Meeting
                       7:00pm 93 Highland Avenue 

100th Anniversary of the Woman Suffrage Parade

The Woman Suffrage Parade held on March 3rd, 1913.  

Five thousand marchers led off by lawyer Inez Milholland on a white horse went down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC for women's right to vote.

---Above photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Suffrage_Parade_of_1913).

---March details from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/aw01e/aw01e.html#ack

New Voices of Somerville (March episode)

Check out the latest snazzy episode of Voices of Somerville with special guest Bonny Carroll (Raising Families television host).  This episode (http://youtu.be/Q1LUjtfCjFA) looks at vibrant living with using our local resources like thrift stores, consignment shops, and the food pantry.  When you can, drop off something.  When you want, pick up something for you or your family.  Your helping us all live vibrantly and yourself, to boot too!

Fit-4-Life Class for Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women Over 55

The Somerville Council on Aging has a new Fit-4-Life group just for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women 55 years and older!

Our goal is to reduce the significant and prevalent burden of age-associated chronic disease and provide support for healthier aging. In a two-part program, a certified exercise trainer will lead and supervise you in aerobic, strengthening, and mobility exercises geared to your specific needs, and a nutritionist will offer individual dietary screening and assessments, counseling, and regular support groups so you can learn more about nutrition, improve your eating habits, and optimize body weight.

Cost: $10/month*

Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00 PM,

Location:  Holland Street Center, 167 Holland Street.

More info: Lisa Heyison, Outreach Coordinator, 617-625-6600 ext. 2316 or lheyison@somervillema.gov.

Here's the flyer. This class is brought to you through the efforts of the Somerville Council on Aging, the Bisexual Resource Center, and the Office of the LGBT Liaison, and it is funded through a grant from the Somerville Health Foundation.

*Scholarships are available for eligible Somerville residents. You do not have to be a Somerville resident to participate in the class.

Help Somerville's LGBT Community

Hello, everyone!

This is Elizabeth here, LGBT Liaison to the City of Somerville. Are you interested in helping Somerville's LGBT population in two easy ways? You're in luck, because I have two current projects that could use your help. They are big projects for one person, but easy projects for a lot of people. They take very little time and no money at all.

1) Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

One major problem for LGBTQ people is finding healthcare providers. Before they go somewhere new, they might find themselves asking themselves questions like these: Will my doctor be uncomfortable if I come out to them? Will my dentist still give me care if they know my HIV status? Will my therapist understand what genderqueer means? Will this nursing home allow my partner to visit?

One way to find a doctor is to search the free online providers directory from the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. I’d like to increase the number of Somerville providers listed in the GLMA. If you have a doctor, dentist, therapist, or any healthcare provider at all and your experience with them has been that they are LGBT competent, please consider sending them this letter, which asks them to create a free listing with the GLMA. Please fill in the date, your name, and your doctor’s name before you send it on. If you do send this on to someone, let me know in the comments!

2) Cell Phone Drive for The Network/la Red



The Somerville Women’s Commission and the Office of the LGBT Liaison have an ongoing cell phone drive to benefit The Network/la Red, a local LGBTQ domestic violence service agency. If you have any cell phones that you would like to donate, please drop them off in the deposit boxes in City Hall (93 Highland Ave) or City Hall Annex (50 Evergreen Ave).

Thank you for supporting this community!