Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
There’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 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 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…
Continue ReadingOn July 6, 1905 — 118 years ago — the indomitable women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony visited Portland, Oregon. During her stay, she attended the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, where she joined suffragists from across the country at the 37th National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention. She also spoke at the unveiling of…
Continue ReadingThe musings of Marguerite Kearns— I’m telling my story in order to reverse a devaluation of certain types of experience, including long-term perspectives and histories and evaluation of certain trends where experience and wisdom is needed, but it’s bypassed or ignored. I’m speaking now, directly, and creating new opportunities instead of repeating ineffective actions I’ve…
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