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“I have also been blogging for the award-winning Espanola Farmers Market,” says suffrage expert Marguerite Kearns

Marguerite Kearns July 30, 2024

“It has been since 2007 that I have also been writing. photographing, and editing for the Espanola Farmers Market,” says Marguerite Kearns who has also been blogging for Suffrage Wagon News Channel since 2009. Kearns will witness a change in market management during 2024. Check out another example of grassroots organizing by linking to: EspanolaFarmersMarket@blogspot.com…

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Suffrage & women’s rights scholar has contributed to Edna Buckman Kearns public awareness and professional volunteer efforts

Marguerite Kearns July 10, 2024

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…

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Should we take Erich Fromm seriously about “freedom” if he was born in Germany in the past?

Marguerite Kearns June 7, 2024

Erich Fromm’s book, Escape from Freedom, was published in 1941. He was born in 1900. This combination certainly qualifies as “the past.” Fromm is easy to ignore because freedom is a popular topic. Fromm believes that if Americans actually believed in freedom and held it to their chests as a valuable goal, they would most…

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“I am astonished at US residents who view women voting as a social problem”. . .by Marguerite Kearns

Marguerite Kearns May 17, 2024

by 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…

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Happy Chinese New Year from Suffrage Wagon News Channel and Marguerite Kearns, anchor

Marguerite Kearns February 5, 2024

Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009. It is a document of personal and historical development of one person and many others toward a goal of including women’s history as part of American history. Unless we can move from a top-down social and economic system to a horizontal social and economic system, we…

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When Marguerite Kearns started blogging about women’s suffrage. . .

Marguerite Kearns November 10, 2023

by Marguerite Kearns When I was young, I couldn’t figure out why women and their history weren’t considered a part of American history. I didn’t fully understand then that women were second-class citizens, there to serve men rather than thinking for themselves. Although this perspective has suffered to a degree during my lifetime, the top-down…

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And I thought my lack of hearing aids was the problem with streaming video…

Marguerite Kearns August 20, 2023

by Marguerite Kearns Several days ago I sat through three hours of the film “Oppenheimer” in a movie theatre. I remembered my glasses, but not my hearing aids. So I sat through three hours of terrific images but little sound. Then the above article appeared in my mail. Half of the listening streaming public depends…

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Support the “Spirit of 1776″—VIDEO

Marguerite Kearns September 10, 2018 0 Comments

Special video!

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National Voter Registration Day in September! Plus update on tea action campaign!

Marguerite Kearns September 4, 2018 0 Comments

Tea houses are important for organizing during the first wave of the women’s rights movement. The concern continues today about the working conditions of tea employees, many of whom are women.

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In the front lines of action!

Marguerite Kearns May 25, 2018 0 Comments

This article from a suffrage newsletter highlights grassroots organizing on Long Island during 1912. From the archive of Edna Buckman Kearns,this document shows Edna on the platform speaking for over an hour, along with selling memorabilia for fundraising. It’s one of many examples of the extensive campaigning during 1912 on Long Island (New York)….

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