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We the Women
  • Date: Saturday, March 10, 2018
  • Time: 12:00 am
  • Location: National Archives Museum

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote, the National Archives Foundation presents this “We the Women” fundraiser. The proceeds from this event will go to support programming of the National Archives and the Rightfully Hers exhibition.

  • – Speakeasies, specialty cocktails and tasting stations from women-owned and led businesses,  including Drink Company, Columbia Room, Denizens Brewing Company, Chaia, Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, Gray Wolf Craft Distillery, Lyon Distilling Company, and Republic Restoratives
  • – Light hors d’oeurves
  • – Historic suffragist documents on view
  • – Live jazz and swing music
  • – Dance lessons including the “Charleston”
  • – Make your own suffragist-themed buttons and sashes
  • – Chat with Archives curators and historians
  • – After-hours access to museum exhibits
  • – Themed photo booth
  • – Cocktail attire, suffragist white — or come in 1920’s era theme (suffragist, Gatsby, etc.). There will be stations and props to help you get in character.

Any amount paid in excess of $85/ticket is considered an unrestricted donation and is fully deductible as provided by law. Proceeds from We the Women will support the National Archives’ Rightfully Hers Initiative and Exhibition and the digitization of women’s records.

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Presented by

And our host committee:

Janet Blanchard
Mayor Muriel Bowser
A’Lelia Bundles
Suzanne Clark
Denise Ferguson
Amb. Fay Hartog-Levin
Fruzsina Harsanyi
Marilynn Wood Hill
Kitty Kelley
Marcy Klevorn
Mary Lynn Kotz
Jodie McLean
Molly Moynihan
Melissa Newman
Soledad O’Brien
Lucinda Robb
Cokie Roberts
Deborah Ratner Salzberg
Jennifer Warren