Learning at Lunch

The Lorton Prison Museum featuring the Lucy Burns Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center is proud to present the third season of Learning at Lunch, a series illuminating aspects of the former prison’s 91-year history. Each month, we invite an expert to tackle a topic related to our complicated past. After a brief 30-minute talk, presenters answer audience questions, and all attendees are invited to visit the museum following the program. Table seating provided and attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch; snacks and beverages available for purchase in the W16 Visitor Center.

The Troublemakers of the National Woman's Party

Join Susan Philpott from the National Park Service for an engaging discussion of the confrontational campaigns developed by Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and the National Woman's Party in the fight for women's right to vote. Although best known for picketing the White House, for which many women were arrested and imprisoned at Occoquan Workhouse, the NWP used many different strategies to win support for a constitutional amendment enfranchising women. Susan is a park ranger at Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C., the historic headquarters of the National Woman's Party.

Free. No registration required.

Next up in the series:
August 22: The Smithsonian and Lorton with Anacostia Community Museum Archivist Jennifer Morris.