Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
New York State Museum will exhibit “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon in 2017! on Vimeo. The suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns on Long Island and in New York City will be part of a large Votes for Women exhibition at the NYS Museum in Albany, NY. The show, “VOTES FOR WOMEN: Celebrating New York’s…
Continue ReadingThe story of the “Spirit of 1776” wagon is featured in NY Votes for Women: A Suffrage Centennial Anthology, a project of the Writer’s Block Party, an informal group of novice and experienced writers, who discuss the writing process and experiences as well as ask questions and…
Continue ReadingPublishing since 2009. Sign up to receive blog updates by email. Be part of the Suffrage Wagon community by way of email, Twitter, and Facebook. Check out our Vimeo video channel. Quarterly newsletter form. Follow Suffrage Centennials for upcoming events and celebrations. Wagon graphic by Ray Lund. “Spirit of 1776” is a nationally award-winning music…
Continue ReadingThe Heritage Museum of Orange County (California) was honored to receive a first-place award from New Mexico Press Women at their annual conference and awards ceremony held at Ghost Ranch near Santa Fe, NM. The NMPW, the largest of New Mexico’s media organizations, is also the largest state chapter in the national…
Continue ReadingWhite House Picketing & Hot Tea in 1917 on Vimeo. American women picketed White House 100 years ago in support of voting rights! on Vimeo. News from the women’s suffrage movement in the first wave. Convention Days 2017 commemorates the U.S. Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848 that represented a turning point in the struggle for women’s…
Continue ReadingJust follow the Suffrage Wagon and then see what happens… on Vimeo. Suffrage videos you might enjoy from our archive: The story of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon told by an award-winning video. Rosalie Jones and her Band of Suffrage Activists Marched to Albany, NY in 1914 on Vimeo. New York Suffrage Parades: “The Song of…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon Cooking School clears the decks to make great cup of coffee on Vimeo. SUFFRAGE NEWS WRAP-UP: The Suffolk County Historical Society has an ongoing exhibit featuring Long Island suffrage activists, including Edna Kearns, Elisabeth Freeman, Rosalie Jones, and others. A national task force is planning the 2020 suffrage centennial when American women will have…
Continue ReadingMorning at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Vimeo. We’re taking a look at “Chick History”. It is in its fifth year of publishing women’s history features. Rebecca Price conducted 50 interviews and now is spreading the word of the #HerStoryPodcast series. Fifty women were asked to share the historical story of someone who inspired them. Edna Buckman Kearns…
Continue ReadingLong Island women’s suffrage activists featured in an exhibit! on Vimeo. THROUGH THE EYE OF MARGUERITE KEARNS (Point of View); This has been a terrific year as far as recognition of my grandmother, Edna Kearns, and her “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon is concerned. An exhibit featuring Long Island suffrage activists at the Suffolk County Historical…
Continue ReadingEdna Kearns gets attention for her women’s suffrage work! on Vimeo. THROUGH THE EYE OF MARGUERITE KEARNS (Point of View) When I first started blogging in 2009 about my grandmother Edna Kearns and her votes for women activism, most people had no idea what I meant when I referred to the “women’s…
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