Anne Archbold Petitions President [1924]

ID: 4961 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
This file appears in: Glover-Archbold Park Historic District
Anne Archbold Petitions President [1924]

Anne Archbold (second from left) and other women petition the President in 1924 to accept the Equal Rights Amendment.

This file appears in: Glover-Archbold Park Historic District

Charles C. Glover, a former Riggs Bank executive, and Anne Archbold, an heiress of Standard Oil of New Jersey, donated Glover-Archbold Park’s 221.62 acres to Washington, D.C., in 1924 to be used as a bird sanctuary. The park itself is composed of…