File:Pilgrimage to Maryland Legislature.webp

English: Pilgrimage to the opening of the Maryland Legislature Maryland petition bearere on the steps of the Capitol at Annapolis.

The hikers left Severna Park promptly at 9:00 a.m. On their way to Annapolis, they met the Baltimore and Washington delegations at the Arnold Train Station and set out for the last leg of the march.

Twenty-five members strong, the army marched into Annapolis where they were saluted by Marines and cheered by St. John’s College students. At exactly 12:25, they arrived at the State House steps.

Edith Houghton Hooker, in 1909, organized the Just Government League and affiliated her organization with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1910, the defeat of suffrage in the Maryland General Assembly led Hooker and others to believe that, while they should continue to press the state legislature for suffrage legislation, the answer lay in passage of a national constitutional amendment.

Hooker also took to the streets using an automobile, from which she conducted open air meetings in various locations throughout the state. In 1913 alone, the Just Government league held 214 "parlor" meetings, with a total attendance of over 19,000 people, conducted 86 open air meetings, and distributed suffrage literature to more that 114,000 people. By 1915, the Just Government League had 17,000 members.