Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
VIDEO: Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Grand Opening on SWAN Day on Vimeo. A music video, the “Spirit of 1776: A Suffragette Anthem,” celebrates grassroots activism during Women’s History Month in March. The music video is one of the highlights of the opening of Suffrage Wagon Cafe on March 28th, SWAN Day, an international celebration honoring women artists….
Continue Reading100+ Suffrage Videos or Bust! A VIDEO featured on Vimeo. We’re getting close to going over the top by producing and publishing 100 suffrage videos. Visit our Vimeo channel. IN OTHER NEWS: The National Women’s History Project is celebrating its 35th year with a big party on March 28th. Video. Follow special coverage on video during Women’s…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns During an interview recently about the upcoming film “Suffragette” from the UK, Meryl Streep announced: “Girls, we’ve been waiting for this.” Who was she talking to? I haven’t been a girl for so long, I automatically assumed she wasn’t talking to me. But Meryl Streep got my attention and she’s referring to the…
Continue ReadingVIDEO: “Suffragette” film from the UK gets attention from Meryl Streep’s interviews! on Vimeo. It won’t be long before the word “suffrage” will be understood by a wide segment of the population. This will be due, in part, to the attention to the English suffrage movement is getting because of the production and release of the “Suffragette”…
Continue ReadingHappy holidays from the Kearns family! on Vimeo. Edna, Wilmer and Serena Kearns were all involved in the suffrage movement and oh, what a time it was! [vimeo 114489022 w=500 h=281] THE 2014 HOLIDAY CARD VIDEO from the Kearns family: That’s right. We’re still celebrating Suffrage Wagon’s fifth birthday in December 2014. Three very interesting…
Continue ReadingThis is a sister to the “Spirit of 1776” wagon that inspired this web site. This suffrage wagon (photo left) has been exhibited in recent years at the Smithsonian where it is part of the permanent collection. Let’s get both of these wagons on exhibit at upcoming suffrage centennials. MEASUREMENTS of suffrage wagon in the…
Continue ReadingHappy 5th Birthday, Suffrage Wagon News Channel with a video from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo. Yes, five years of plugging along with this web site is something to brag about, or perhaps weep. In any event, it’s time to celebrate. Have fun with the birthday jingle and then… Tune into an audio program about a suffrage…
Continue ReadingWhere was Edna Kearns 100 years ago? In Nashville, Tennessee attending a national convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This leads to a story I heard when growing up when hearing about my grandmother Edna Kearns. Featured here is the letter Edna received informing her that she had credentials to attend as as…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns It’s that time of the year. Election Day tomorrow. Conversation is something we engage in every day, and too often I don’t take advantage of conversation opportunities to tell people what’s on my mind. Like this past Sunday with me in my pajamas as I opened the door to two women Jehovah’s…
Continue ReadingSuffrage centennials are getting a lot of play these days. There’s a special web site devoted to suffrage centennials in the U.S. and around the world, plus specials such as programming on Albany, NY public radio about the upcoming election called “Susan B. Anthony Voted. Did you?” Don’t miss the upcoming “Night of Terror” podcasts to…
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