VIDEO: Plan a trip to see the “Spirit of 1776” wagon road marker!
VIDEO about visiting the site of a street marker in Huntington, NY commemorating the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns.
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VIDEO—where the memoir by Marguerite Kearns tells about Bess, controversial women’s rights activist!
The memoir in progress by Marguerite Kearns highlights her growing up as the descendant of Votes for Women activists.
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From the news room of Suffrage Wagon News Channel!–first wave descendants
There are thousands of descendants of the first wave of women’s rights activists in the United States. Watch a video.
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The background on the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon!
RESOURCES: “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns will be on exhibit during 2020 at the NYS Museum in Albany, NY.
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VIDEO: “A brief history of women’s rights” PLUS suffrage news!
Turning points in women’s movement organizing. Plus news from Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Sign up for weekly posts and get ready for 2020.
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Voter Registration Day, plus Quaker women’s rights activist, Mariana Wright Chapman
Mariana Wright Chapman was a New York Quaker involved in the first wave of the women’s rights movement. This is another blast from the past brought to you by Suffrage Wagon News Channel.
Continue ReadingExhibit extended of Long Island activists for votes for women!
Long Island women’s suffrage activists featured in an exhibit! on Vimeo. Long Island (NY)’s Suffolk County Historical Society (300 West Main Street, Riverhead, NY) has moved the exhibit of Long Island votes for women activists to a more permanent exhibit location at the Society’s headquarters in Riverhead, NY. Edna Kearns is among the suffragists included in…
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Volunteer to help with a suffrage database! Video: “
Women’s Marches & Parades: “The Song of the Women” on Vimeo. This video has been a favorite of the hundreds of short informational and promotional videos produced by Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Antonia Petrash has been using this video, “The Song of the Women,” to accompany her Long Island suffragist presentations for the past few years….
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