Justice Bell Foundation
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Justice Bell Quick Facts
The original Liberty Bell announced the creation of democracy.
The Woman’s Liberty Bell will announce the completion of democracy.
~Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger
Manufactured: Meneely Bell Company, Troy, New York
When: March 31, 1915
Why: To call attention to the cause of women’s suffrage
Material: Bronze
Weight: One ton, or two thousand pounds
Motto: Establish Justice
Travel: Through 64 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and to Chicago and Washington, D C
First rung: September 25, 1920 in Philadelphia's Independence Square at a celebration of the passage of the 19th Amendment
Owner: Pennsylvania suffragist Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger owned it until her death in 1943, when she deeded it to the Washington Memorial Chapel.
Where it is now: In 2020, as the Justice Bell was being transported from the Washington Memorial Chapel to Philadelphia for an event to honor the 19th Amendment, it fell off the truck and was damaged. After a short stay at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, It disappeared from public view for or a period of three years.
Update
The Justice Bell was finally returned to the Washington Memorial Chapel in early August 2023. Learn about where the Bell had been for three years from August 2020 until August 2023, and what happened in the accident: Update
The Justice Bell Foundation published a book about the Justice Bell on December 20, 2025.