Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
This 2013 book is a classic—Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study. If there is anything worth having in your collection, this is it. By Kenneth Florey, it is the most up to date collection of what is “out there.” There is more, and when you believe nothing more can be said, Florey and his…
Continue ReadingThe above Newsday clip is from long ago when the idea of permanent exhibition of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns was in the very early stages of planning by NYS Museum personnel. Now, permanent exhibition is planned for 2024, and we’re thinking about the possibility now. Our interest…
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Vimeo. Keep current with Suffrage Wagon News Channel. The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns and others is in the process of being placed on permanent exhibition in the renovation underway at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. A design firm has…
Continue ReadingWatch the video about special dates in 2023, plus MORE! Dates to mark during the year and holidays featuring freedom struggle! on Vimeo. November 2023 is something for all of us to be aware of—the Night of Terror! Suffrage Wagon News Channel has published since 2009. The Pomeroy Foundation has been busy the past few…
Continue ReadingIt’s a mention by a Hudson Valley historical publication of the book by Marguerite Kearns published by SUNY Press in 2021.
Continue ReadingI like this video and how the “selfie” has been an emotional power tool for much longer than we realize. Here is one of my selfies taken after moving to New Mexico. I made it my business to start with grounding myself in a very different environment. This led to decades of journaling and what…
Continue ReadingMy 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…
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