Get ready for Women’s Equality Day, plus other suffrage news notes

Have you set plans in motion to celebrate August 26th, Women’s Equality Day? Fun gifts and other products available to inform your event are available from the National Women’s History Project. Are you following the audio podcasts from Seneca Falls? Five of the total series of seven podcasts, “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls,” have been…

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Podcast #5 of “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls,” after the convention

Podcast #5: After the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, the spark was lit for discontent in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Ministers criticized the convention from the pulpit and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others wrote letters to the editors of newspapers defending their actions; they accepted invitations for speaking publicly, and more. Audio:…

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If only Elizabeth Cady Stanton had known the implications: Podcast #4 of “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls”

Podcast #4. If Elizabeth Cady Stanton had known in advance about the public reaction to the 1848 women’s rights convention,  she might not have had the courage to set events in motion. But once over, she notes that conventions like the one in Seneca Falls happened all over New York State. Listen to Stanton herself…

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New podcast series: “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls,” plus great time to visit Convention Days!

A seven-podcast series called “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls” describes the atmosphere in the area leading up to the 1848 women’s rights convention. If you’ve ever have thought about attending Convention Days in the town of Seneca Falls, NY… the July 18-20, 2014 weekend is the right time to do it. Meet Elizabeth Cady Stanton and…

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Two new videos on the trail toward Seneca Falls, New York for Convention Days July 18-20!

    BELOW: New video featuring the highlights of Seneca Falls, New York –the birthplace of the women’s rights movement in the United States. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61DCuey7U8U?list=UU9LTzpfNsj1KAKhKHZXNZ9g&w=560&h=315] BELOW: Video highlighting the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments read at the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwMYoa1Uk3c&w=560&h=315] Follow the Suffrage Wagon that from…

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Happy Fourth of July: Pass on the story of how activists crashed a July 4th celebration!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY: The Suffrage Wagon summer newsletter is on the stands. It spells out what happened on the Fourth of July in 1876 when five suffrage activists crashed the national centennial celebration in Philadelphia… a little-known story that’s also an important part of our national history. See link and forward to the people…

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