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New program coming soon at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Women’s history as you like it! on Vimeo. On October 25, 1916, Inez Milholland collapsed on a lecture platform. We remember how this shocking news polarized the nation in the weeks leading to Milholland’s death on November 25, 1916. Don’t forget to check in with our ongoing observance…
Continue ReadingEpisode #10 of “Spirit of 1776” Suffrage Storytelling! on Vimeo. Over 100 years ago young women questioned marriage and whether or not it was in their best interest. Back then, women were property, not individuals with the rights of citizenship. Women were expected to pay taxes and accept their second-class citizenship. “No way,” said Bess, Edna’s…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon News Channel, publishing since 2009: Holiday News Notes on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon Cafe is open on December 8, 2015 for a special holiday program. Listen to the interview with Marguerite Kearns on public radio that features director Timothy Hines and producer Susan Goforth of “10 Days in a Madhouse.” It’s about Nellie Bly’s…
Continue ReadingNew program coming soon at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Women’s history as you like it! on Vimeo. The program on October 8, 2015 at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe features storytelling with the unveiling of Episode #6 when we get to know Wilmer Kearns and why Edna meets him secretly at the Market Street teahouse. Suffrage Wagon…
Continue Reading“American Woman Suffrage Postcards” by Kenneth Florey on Vimeo. DISCOVERY OF HISTORIC ARTIFACT IMAGE IN NEW BOOK by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe, open since March 2015. Check out back programs. As I held Kenneth Florey’s book in my hands recently, I felt a surge of delight in flipping the pages for…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon Cooking School clears the decks to make great cup of coffee on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon Cooking School celebrates its first birthday this year. We’ll be visiting farmers’ markets this summer and blazing new trails, that is, if you come along with us. Over the past year, our in-house chef has featured how to…
Continue ReadingVIDEO: TURN: Washington’s Spies shows Long Island in 1777 and Suffrage Wagon Cafe program shows what happened 100+ years later on Vimeo. “TURN: Washington’s Spies” Has “Spirit of 1776” Suffrage Wagon Wrinkle by Marguerite Kearns Activist Rosalie Jones was a loose cannon on Long Island back in 1913. She was controversial in public and in her own family….
Continue ReadingALERT: APRIL 8, 2015. A SPECIAL PROGRAM OF SUFFRAGE WAGON CAFE: SECOND SEASON OF “TURN: WASHINGTON’S SPIES” LURES STORIES OF TORIES OUT OF THE CLOSET The A&E television series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” opens its second season on April 13, 2015. The series in its first season introduced an awareness of the nation’s first spy ring to a…
Continue ReadingMarguerite Kearns, host of Suffrage Wagon Cafe, is back again on the third day of our four-day festival. This special program highlights the anti-suffrage movement. The suffrage movement is considered to have taken from 1848 to 1920, quite a struggle. And we can appreciate the accomplishment when examining what the women’s suffrage activists were up against. “In…
Continue ReadingDear Friends, Instead of a long posting, we’re featuring the upcoming Suffrage Wagon Cafe programming during this four-day festival primarily in images. Starting Saturday, March 28th, here’s an overview of the special programs planned. The cafe opening is on SWAN Day during Women’s History Month. Performer/songwriter Eighty Bug composed and performed in the award-winning video, the “Spirit…
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