Features suffrage wagon at the New York State Museum —spring-fall 2024, Permanent Exhibition
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…
Continue ReadingTea 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.
Continue Reading 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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Continue ReadingIn July of 1913 Long Island suffrage activists dressed in colonial costume and captured the attention of the New York City metropolitan news media when the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon started on its journey of grassroots organizing in New York City and Long Island. See the “Spirit of 1776” music video on YouTube….
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