Article about Grandmother Edna Kearns that appeared in a Long Island paper.  An extra bonus: an award-winning story about how Edna risked her life for Votes for Women, an article in a recent issue of New York History.  Brief bio: Edna Buckman Kearns was born December 25, 1882, the daughter of Charles Harper...

An exhibit created with NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s three daughters in mind opened during March and it is expected to run through the summer of 2012. The press release announcing the exhibit honoring prominent New York State women noted Andrew Cuomo’s remarks: “As the father of three daughters, I believe...

Check out the part of the film here where Inez Milholland (the suffrage activist who died so that we can vote today) is highlighted. It makes me wanna cry. “Iron Jawed Angels” grows in value with the passage of time. And Inez’s story is emerging in other places. A new book, recently published, includes Inez...

Grandmother Edna Buckman Kearns marched in suffrage parades in New York City and Washington, DC wearing Quaker dress. Edna’s mother, May Begley Buckman, was right there with her. And my grandfather, Wilmer R. Kearns, was among the men in their own parade division. Someone asked me once: “What was a priority for...