Name: Walking tour: Those who Dared - Milwaukee’s Suffragists
Start: 2024-06-15T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-15T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Forest Home Cemetery

$Walking tour: Those who Dared - Milwaukee\u2019s Suffragists$

Learn about the Milwaukee women (and men) who fought for their right to vote.
About this Event

Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on June 10, 1919. Come learn about the brave Milwaukee women (and men) who campaigned for women's rights.

Tour includes:*

Mathilde Anneke
Sherman Booth
Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott
William Pitt Lynde and Mary Blanchard Lynde
Mary Mortimer
Annette Jacobi Roberts - not written up yet
Martha Reed Mitchell
Meta Schlichting Berger

*Subject to change

Tour route below (subject to change)

Women Who Dared tour guide Katharyn taught for 40 years in Milwaukee, and has been a docent at the Milwaukee Public Museum since she retired. Because of a love of history and the beautiful Forest Home Cemetery green space, she recently joined the FHC volunteer team as a docent and gravestone cleaner. She and her partner are proud owners of FHC real estate - they have green burial sites reserved in the Prairie Rest section!

PLEASE READ

This 1.5-mile walking tour moves at a brisk pace over uneven cemetery roads and grounds. Please wear comfortable footwear and watch your step! Our tour guides have a lot to share but are on a tight timeline, so please try to stick together.

This tour will run rain or shine and will only be canceled in the event of a dangerous weather event. Tickets are non-refundable.

Please arrive about 10 minutes before your tour. Meet under the canopy outside Halls of History (next to the main office inside the Lincoln Avenue entrance.

Parking is free and available throughout the cemetery; however, the spots in front of the office are reserved for cemetery business Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday. There is ample parking around the chapel, in front of and to the side of Halls of History. Sundays you may park wherever you like.

After your tour, please take a moment to review us on TripAdvisor.

Proceeds from all tours and events help preserve and enhance the historical and natural elements of the cemetery.

ABOUT FOREST HOME CEMETERY & ARBORETUM

Established in 1850, Forest Home Cemetery is Milwaukee’s oldest operating cemetery, open to all since its inception. Forest Home Cemetery is on the National Registry of Historic Places and is the finest example of a Victorian-era rural garden cemetery in the Upper Midwest.

In 2021, Forest Home became the city’s first accredited arboretum, Milwaukee’s largest green space with more 2,600 trees on nearly 200 acres.

Our 189 acres are open daily to the public. Leashed dogs, jogging, strollers and bicycles are welcome. Each year, we host public and private historical and nature-based tours and wellness events, birding opportunities, Doors Open, a Memorial Day event, a Dia de los Muertos 5K and festival and our new Spirits of the Silent City after-dark historical tours. Sign up for our newsletter on the website and follow us on Facebook and Instagram (use #foresthomecemetery) so you don’t miss any of our tours and events!

If you enjoy our beautiful space, stay longer! Stop in the office Monday-Friday 8-4:30 and Saturday 10-3:30 or call a counselor (414) 645-2632 to find out about our many burial options.

ABOUT YOUR GUIDE

Katharyn taught for 40 years in Milwaukee, and has been a docent at the Milwaukee Public Museum since she retired. Because of a love of history and the beautiful Forest Home Cemetery green space, she recently joined the FHC volunteer team as a docent and gravestone cleaner. She and her partner are proud owners of FHC real estate - they have green burial sites reserved in the Prairie Rest section!