STATEHOUSE CALENDAR

The Ohio Statehouse will celebrate and honor important women in the history of Ohio during Women's History Month, March 1 – 31, 2012. Special tours of the Ladies' Gallery and exhibit will focus on women who were important to Ohio history.

Ladies' Gallery Tours
Visit the special gallery that pays tribute to Ohio’s first six women legislators who paved the way for women in government.

Women's History Exhibition
See rare film footage of Florence Harding voting for her husband, Warren Harding, in the 1920 presidential election. After the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1919, women gained the right to vote. Rare film clips show a suffragette parade in Marion, Ohio and Mrs. Harding voting for her husband for President.