Suffrage Wagon News

What are the implications of the coronavirus for the 2020 suffrage centennial?

Suffrage Wagon Cafe touches in with Regina Ress, whose work at NYU featured women’s suffrage history.

Take time out during Saint Patrick’s Day to remember struggles around the world during the early 20th century to bring about equality and freedom.

The 2020 exhibition of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns may be impacted by coronavirus concerns.

Celebrate March 8th, International Women’s Day!

We haven’t forgotten the US suffrage martyr Inez Milholland in plans for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020.

By Marguerite Kearns It’s another day to celebrate that my grandmother Edna Kearns’ “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon is out of the warehouse at the New York State Museum and on exhibit during 2020.   It’s the centennial year—100 years—since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. THE SUFFRAGE WAGON IS […]

An appeal to consider when you stop by the Suffrage Wagon Cafe.

by Marguerite Kearns During the 1970s and 1980s I lived in Ulster County where Sojourner Truth was born and raised in captivity. I found Sojourner Truth to be among the courageous residents of Ulster County even though she had a very mixed experience there. Today the university library at SUNY New Paltz is named after […]

Wilmer R. Kearns brings news for Valentine’s Day in 2020. What’s the future of the ERA? How much longer will US women keep marching for equal rights? 150 years? 200 years? 500 years?