Justice Bell Quick Facts

The original Liberty Bell announced the creation of democracy ...

The Women’s Liberty Bell will announce the completion of democracy.

~Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger

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Manufactured: Meneely Bell Company, Troy, New York

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When: March 31, 1915

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Why: To call attention to the cause of women’s suffrage

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Material: Bronze

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Weight: One ton, or two thousand pounds

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Motto: Establish Justice

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Travel: Through all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, and to Chicago and Washington, D. C.

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First rung: September 25, 1920 in Independence Square, Philadelphia at a celebration of the passage of the 19th Amendment

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Owner: Pennsylvania suffragist Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger owned it until 1943 when she deeded it to the Washington Memorial Chapel

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Where it is now: Carillon Rotunda at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge National Historical Park

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