Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
We have relied on many many people who have contributed to the uphill task of taking the story of Edna Buckman Kearns to the broader public. This has included the contributions of numerous people, organizations, and the luck of presence and courage. We have attempted to break the rules of engagement in many ways and…
Continue ReadingWhat was it like for the residents of Long Island (outside of New York City) when the Brits took over political control of New York City and Long Island following the Battle of Long Island in 1777? The colonial patriots and their general, George Washington, lost that battle, and the tax controversies of the English…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns The women activists who put their lives, families, and reputations on the line so we could vote today didn’t speak with one voice. They debated and engaged in loud and chronic disagreements. There were hundreds of suffrage organizations. Yes, with many perspectives I didn’t agree with, then or now. But that doesn’t…
Continue ReadingYou’d think that US women have been sufficiently punished for having thoughts of an overview like this. It is fashionable to write off individuals like me as being old fashioned. Instead, we are insulted and charged with being “negative.” Voters Thank Their Suffrage Ancestors on Vimeo. It’s true that the big movement raising gender issues…
Continue Readingby Ramona Dayton It wasn’t easy to promote Marguerite’s maternal grandmother Edna who volunteered in the “votes for women” or suffrage movement during 1913 in New York City and Long Island. Edna Buckman Kearns was a writer, a speaker, a representative, a grassroots organizer, and someone who consistently spoke for women who “needed” the right…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns This opinion column is a reaction to how it is increasingly popular to punish more Americans with “involuntary treatment” of their so-called political opinions and freedom of speech. Forced treatment can increasingly result in outcomes like me walking away as a result of involuntary and potentially violent treatment. There is more. I…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns Each Saturday is the same. Each Saturday is different. We operate in a similar way each week, and everyone’s output is vastly varied. I’m speaking about visiting the posting the fruits of each week’s session. We all get to contribute to a group poem, hosted by James Nave. I got to meet…
Continue ReadingBuried in my past is a history I spent with Toshi Seeger, the pivotal woman behind the scenes at Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, during the years I was editor and reporter for Woodstock Times, the Hudson Valley independent newspaper. There I learned from Toshi Seeger, the spouse of folk performer Pete Seeger, the importance of…
Continue ReadingI’m here to introduce you to the recipes online that you can consider trying. New Mexico breakfast burritos can be expensive, and they’re designed to pull folks from the traffic because they are so loaded with tender loving care. I read and scan local websites about chiles and how breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be…
Continue Reading“Ranting” is easy. It’s something that brings out the character of you, your characters, and much more. It’s also liberating.
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