Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Spring greetings from Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. From our archives: Video in support of suffrage documentary on Vimeo. We’ve come a long way since Suffrage Wagon News Channel started publishing in 2009. Back then, articles about the women’s suffrage movement were few and far between. Now, there’s so much going on, it’s…
Continue ReadingWoodstock, New York: Travel to this distinct Hudson Valley town! on Vimeo. The State of New York kicked off the 2017 suffrage centennial in Albany, NY on March 1, 2017, Women’s History Month. And Woodstock Times (Woodstock, NY) published the story by Marguerite Kearns about how the “Spirit of 1776” wagon had Woodstock, NY ties and came…
Continue ReadingTravel to celebrate the 2017 New York State suffrage centennial! on Vimeo. Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe where we stretch out and enjoy catching up on what’s happening with suffrage news, views, events and celebrations. There’s a great deal going on in New York this year in observance of 100 years of women voting in the…
Continue ReadingThe New York State Museum has announced its 2017 exhibit for the state’s suffrage centennial. New York City has staff working on planning for the state’s 2017 suffrage centennial. This is the first of many announced events. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Facebook and Twitter. Quarterly newsletters just by signing up. Suffrage Wagon…
Continue ReadingThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore is out. I haven’t had a chance to order the book yet. The advance publicity says the text makes a connection between Wonder Woman’s creator and the impact the suffrage movement had on him. Today’s the last day of audio podcasts for “Playing Politics with the President.”…
Continue ReadingWho was the better cook? The woman who believed in voting? Or the woman who opposed the idea? This may sound outlandish to us today, but the thought wasn’t so peculiar back when the “suffs” challenged the “antis” to a cooking contest. See the great article from the archives. …
Continue ReadingI’m delighted to announce that my cousin Rosalie Morales Kearns has launched a new press in Albany, New York specializing in women’s writings: Shade Mountain Press. The first title, Egg Heaven, has been favorably reviewed in Booklist and Foreword Reviews. This is terrific news! I’ve been curled up in the outside hammock reading Egg Heaven…
Continue ReadingAudio Podcast #6: In the story background of this audio series, many suffrage activists played a waiting game with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. First, they decided to use each and every opportunity to work through the political system. Once everything else has been tried with no substantial results, they understood the necessity to move to another…
Continue ReadingPack your bags and hitch up your horseless carriage! Plan a fall trip to see the colorful fall leaves and put Seneca Falls, NY on your radar as the place to go this year. Sign up now for Seneca Falls Dialogues in October, find out about special programs at the Women’s Rights National Historic Park (see below). Find…
Continue ReadingPodcast #3. This audio series places the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon smack in the middle of the Big Picture nationally. As the wagon headed out from Manhattan to Long Island in July of 1913 over one hundred years ago, women across the nation mobilized for the vote in Washington, DC. Awareness of such…
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