Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
by Marguerite Kearns The first week in July of 1913 represented a high point in bringing the issue of Votes for Women to the public. This is when the campaign suffrage wagon, the “Spirit of 1776,” left the Manhattan office of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association at 108 Madison Avenue in the care of…
Continue ReadingHave a cup of tea with your suffrage stories and fortune cookies by Marguerite Kearns PART I: The suffrage movement was big news in 1913, but Votes for Women activists had their eye on Long Island well before the turn of the 20th century. Women, in general, organized themselves into a complex web of local…
Continue ReadingMeet Samantha: An American Girl, by Susan S. Adler By Tara Bloyd Part of the popular and lucrative American Girl empire, Meet Samantha takes place in 1904. The book’s synopsis says “It’s 1904. Samantha Parkington, an orphan, lives in her rich grandmother’s household. Grandmary has many servants, but there is no one for Samantha to play with. When a servant girl…
Continue ReadingThe spring issue of Suffrage Wagon‘s quarterly newsletter is on the stands. It’s an announcement about the suffrage wagon’s centennial in July 2013 and three new suffrage videos. They’re both on YouTube and Vimeo, depending on the time of day and whether or not these platforms are performing well. Here are the links: 1. Centennial…
Continue ReadingExhausted from all the suffrage and women’s history events of last month? It’s only just starting in the Big Picture. This month, April, we’re featuring the anniversary of a large 1911 protest in New York City in response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. There’s a new children’s book on the subject of garment workers,…
Continue ReadingThis appeal sent to Edna Buckman Kearns sparked the desire to get in line in the procession. It’s the first time in her writings that Edna mentions speaking to Alice Paul on the parade route where they shared concerns about the crowd that was out of control. Edna and Serena Kearns marched in the Quaker…
Continue ReadingThe life of Ida B. Wells (1862 – 1931), activist and suffragist, will be presented in a multi-media performance by Safiya Bandele during Women’s History Month: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 4 p.m. at Brooklyn’s Restoration Plaza Community Room, 1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11216. Ticket includes play, meal, beverage and dessert. The event is presented…
Continue ReadingBRIMSTONE, BOOZE AND THE BALLOT Provocative theatrical program explores why one suffrage leader was written out of history Women voters and lovers of American history will discover the inside story of two of the suffrage movement’s founders during Women’s History Month when the background struggle between suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage is…
Continue ReadingThis is the first part of a series about the awakening of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her own words: WHEN I was eleven years old two events occurred which changed the current of my life. My only brother, who had just graduated from Union College, came home to die. A young man of great talent…
Continue ReadingNew audio and ebook about suffrage history –the ratification of the 19th amendment in Tennessee. #1. #2. Good books for young people about women’s history. #1. #2. Get used to the buzz now that more people understand what we’re talking about when we mention “suffrage” and “centennial” in one breath. It has been an exciting Women’s History…
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