Occoquan Workhouse
Historical highway marker E-61 · Fairfax County
In the nearby Occoquan Workhouse, from June to December, 1917, scores of women suffragists were imprisoned by the District of Columbia for picketing the White House demanding their right to vote. Their courage and dedication during harsh treatment aroused the nation to hasten the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The struggle for woman's suffrage had taken 72 years.
Erected by the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area, 1982