Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
by Kenneth Florey Suffragists in America also promoted automobile tours as a way of advertising “Votes for Women.” The most famous trip was that of Alice Snitzer Burke and Nell Richardson in 1916. The pair left New York on April 6, accompanied by their new kitten called “Mascot,” to make a circuit of the United…
Continue ReadingPart I of Kenneth Florey’s article on suffrage automobiles is available NOW: “Suffrage Autos: A new form of freedom.” Automobiles became hot items during the suffrage movement because grassroots organizing became more efficient. Ken Florey is the author of an upcoming book on suffrage memorabilia, and he’s also the Suffrage Wagon columnist who has documented…
Continue Readingby Kenneth Florey Women, Cars, and the Suffrage Movement: Part I Early on in the history of the modern suffrage movement, there was a strong connection between the development of the automobile and its adaptation by suffragist activists. In part, cars were functional and could be used by various movement organizations to ferry workers from…
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