Features suffrage wagon at the New York State Museum —spring 2023, Permanent Exhibition
From Marguerite Kearns: It’s easy to forget the effort and enormous accomplishments of the past when facing the unknown. and what we perceive to be prejudice and discrimination in the present moment. And so I am persisting in remembering. One thing that lent itself to invisibility was the networking many of us engaged with over…
Continue ReadingI couldn’t have been more elated than when a review of my book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights appeared in the Friends Journal of August 2022. Prior to this, Friends Journal has kept a distance from memoir and family history. This would make sense back in the days…
Continue ReadingA historical marker has been relocated from the boardwalk in Long Beach, NY to Northern Blvd. for reasons of size. This is the second marker installed on Long Island commemorating Edna Kearns’s suffrage organizing and her “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon. Robert F. Keeler of Stony Brook, NY represented granddaughter Marguerite Kearns at a marker…
Continue ReadingOverview of early women’s rights on Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009. For bookings and interviews, leave a message for Marguerite Kearns (855) toll free 553 3666.
Continue ReadingA “descendant” can be in a powerful position. This new film can be seen on Netflix. GET READY FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY IN NOVEMBER! Let’s start planning for the big celebration on August 26th in 2023. It’s never too late to remember the miracles of our past! And it is up to us to spread…
Continue ReadingUPDATE BY MARGUERITE KEARNS—blog posting on SUNY Press book blog My grandparents would be really disappointed to hear about the physical attacks on those women who have made it a priority to participate in the nation’s political affairs. “When Civiv Duty and Family Legacy Meet at the Polls” by Marguerite Kearns. Check out this link…
Continue ReadingHandwringing isn’t a satisfying answer as long as we are out there all alone when responding to an unacceptable situation. Venting is a useful process as long as it doesn’t take twenty to thirty years. The appropriate action is what is called for. Applying horizontal values to a vertical system may work sometimes, but it…
Continue ReadingVoting and suffrage or increasing the size of the voting population is as important as whistleblowing. We need more of this to create a better world.
Continue ReadingThe publicity associated with the Kearns motor car, manufactured in Beavertown, PA, is included in the content of a university press book, as well as a Historical Society of Beavertown, PA exhibition throughout October and November 2022. New York State is in the process of placing its Spirit of 1776 suffrage campaign wagon used by…
Continue ReadingHere’s the link to the blog post from SUNY Press written by Marguerite Kearns about being a minority of one. Sound familiar? Blog posting. Many of us today are “bearing witness” to issues we care about. This blog posting draws attention to a process many of us are already familiar with. It has the added…
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