public to ride along on its brief bus tour featuring several key locations in Long Beach where early
suffragists lived and advocated for women's rights.
The tour will be held on Friday, Feb 27, 2026. The bus, provided by LA County Supervisor Janice
Hahn, loads in the parking lot of Target at 2270 Bellflower at 9:30 am and takes participants to
several places in Long Beach connected with the early suffrage movement. Participants will have a
chance to dine at 2nd and PCH before they return to the starting point.
Gerrie Schipske, author of several books on Long Beach history, is the guest narrator and tells the
fascinating but little-known story of the women who fought for the vote from her book "Suffragists
of Early Long Beach."
Tour includes: Tongva memorial, Bouton Creek, Willow Springs Park, 3rd and Locust tabernacle site,
1st and Pine suffragist society headquarters, suffragist Adelaide Tichenor's home, and first WCTU
march site.
The tour fee is $25. Copies of "Suffragists of Early Long Beach" are available on the tour for $25.
A portion of book sales will be donated to AAUW's Scholarship fund.
Participants should download the presentation www.lbsuffragetour.com on their cellphones to
view during the tour.
