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Our hats off to Suffrage Wagon Cooking School recipes! on Vimeo. When a birthday rolls around, we take advantage of it. Espacially when Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is in the spotlight for its first birthday party. We’re highlighting some of our best recipes as part of the August 26th programming. An overview of some cooking school videos…
Continue ReadingHelp is needed to crowd-fund an effort to document the stories of women activists by raising $75,000 before Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2015. WomensActivism.NYC is the hub for a five-year celebration of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in New York City. The first big event, “Declaration of Sentiments: The Remix, A Celebration of the Women’s Suffrage…
Continue ReadingBeing an Independent Woman in 1903 wasn’t easy! Find out more on “Suffrage Storytelling” on Vimeo. COMING SOON: We’ll meet Wilmer Kearns who starts complicating young Edna’s life because she wanted to go slowly out into the world and not get tangled in a romance, at least not right away. “SUFFRAGE STORYTELLING” so far: Episode #1…
Continue Reading95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe that opened its doors in March 2015 during Women’s History Month. Check for back programs. Honor Bella Abzug. She made sure the U.S. Congress designated August 26th to commemorate the ratification of the 19th Amendment to…
Continue ReadingSUMMER READING: During the dog days of summer, curl up in a hammock under a tree or take time at the beach for summer reading. Need a women’s suffrage related list for summer reading? Here’s a bibliography by Margaret E. Gers that will point you in the direction of a good book related to women’s rights…
Continue ReadingSeason 1 of “Suffrage Storytelling” reveals the lives of young women in 1903 on Vimeo. Whenever Edna Buckman could, she took the train to center city Philadelphia to meet her best friend Bess at the Market Street teahouse. Bess, the rebel, loved telling Edna stories after they took their seats and ordered from the menu. Edna…
Continue ReadingWho are these two women? Left, Doris Stevens. Right, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both weren’t shrinking violets. However, if you learned conventional history in school they were overshadowed by men in the story of this nation. We’re in the midst of suffrage centennial fever that started with state centennial celebrations launched by the western states. In…
Continue Reading“Jailed for Freedom” by Doris Stevens is featured book on Suffrage Bookshelf on Vimeo. You can listen to the “Jailed for Freedom” book read free on Librivox. by Marguerite Kearns Have you heard the perspective referred to above that has been getting spread around lately? It compares the English and American suffrage movements and concludes that the English…
Continue ReadingIf you do a little homework before the release of the major motion picture, “Suffragette” in October 2015, you’ll be glad you did. Episode 1 of the BBC TV program series is called “The Pankhursts.” by Marguerite Kearns This BBC special introduced the Pankhurst family of English suffrage activists. And subsequent programs developed the story of…
Continue ReadingWomen’s suffrage news from Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Vimeo. It’s that time of the month for the news highlights from Suffrage Wagon News Channel. There wasn’t time to add the update about the NYS Senate passing the state suffrage centennial planning commission for 2017. But there’s plenty to say about the matter. See coverage…
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