Features suffrage wagon at the New York State Museum —spring-fall 2024, Permanent Exhibition
My Aunt Serena was known as Nassau County’s “youngest suffragist.” If there was a poster child for woman’s suffrage, it was little Serena Kearns. Her image was preserved when sitting in her mother Edna’s suffrage campaign wagon with the large bow in her hair. She accompanied her mother in New York City parades and on…
Continue ReadingThe DAR plaque installed at the New Mexico state capitol in June of 2023 was what remained of the many attempts by the DAR chapter in Santa Fe, NM to capture the spirit of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution in 2020. Because the COVID emergency resulted…
Continue ReadingSpecial events and fundraisers need a little planning and that’s why a special event right before the holidays sets a mood and a spirit that is more generous than during the rest of the year. Is there a way to combine fun and business? Raise a little money so that you can hire a speaker…
Continue ReadingThere’s a terrific article about women journalists in Substack…a commentary on exactly how far women have come in the journalism profession: https://substack.com/notes/post/p-121253833 It is a terrific way to remember what different folks have asked me over the years. .I started working for a newspaper in 1972. It was a liberating era in the profession when…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns I’m standing on the shoulders of those who have come before me. I’ve been carrying on the work of the ancestors, and passing the torch to those continuing the work. That’s why the efforts of the ERA Coalition are so important. We joined. We’re allies. And part of our work is discovering…
Continue ReadingAnd now, a word from Marguerite Kearns. . . Some folks say I’m writing a memoir. This is true, in part. But there’s much more involved. It’s a record of witness. A RECORD OF WITNESS IS ABOUT RESISTING TORTURE I’ve been in a position to see and participate in a part of reality seldom seen….
Continue ReadingWatch the video below. It’s important because it’s another example of how family members are extremely important in the effort to keep issues alive. We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us and pass on this torch to those who have come after us. We are passing a torch to the…
Continue ReadingIt is fashionable to wear white to honor those who have come before us in the women’s rights movement. This is happening in a way that crosses class lines. It crosses lines of political registration. It is related to gender and the views of those elected officials determined to serve the needs of women and…
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