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

“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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This 2024 update about Edna B. Kearns’ suffrage campaign wagon hasn’t been easy,” says votes for women advocate Marguerite Kearns…

“I wish I could say it has been a slam dunk process, but it hasn’t been,” says suffrage or “votes for women” advocate Marguerite Kearns. “When we started this project, voting was on the decline. Many people were burnt out, but we’ve witnessed a complete turnaround since then.” The goal of fair, reasonable, and easy…

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

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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What was Long Island (outside of New York City) like during the American Revolution?

What was it like for the residents of Long Island (outside of New York City) when the Brits took over political control of New York City and Long Island following the Battle of Long Island in 1777? The colonial patriots and their general, George Washington, lost that battle, and the tax controversies of the English…

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

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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What has happened to the women’s rights struggle? Suffrage Wagon News Channel asks the question. What is the current thinking?

by Marguerite Kearns We don’t eliminate US history simply because it happened in the past. I was in an argument recently with someone over this exact question. The past is elusive. For many, the past may have occurred over a hundred years ago. Or the past could describe less than a minute ago. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS….

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The suffrage movement activists didn’t think all alike! Let’s be realistic…

by Marguerite Kearns The women activists who put their lives, families, and reputations on the line so we could vote today didn’t speak with one voice. They debated and engaged in loud and chronic disagreements. There were hundreds of suffrage organizations. Yes, with many perspectives I didn’t agree with, then or now. But that doesn’t…

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