Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Participate in a contest to bring more people into the fold who know about American history and women’s place in it. Womenon20s.org commissioned the above image and shared it with the U.S Treasury. Each of the individuals shown worked tirelessly for women’s rights and what is taken for granted today. Name The People Contest: No…
Continue Reading“Marguerite’s Musings” is a regular feature! on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns This posting is more appropriately called “Marguerite’s Fumings.” For those of you who have been following Suffrage Wagon News Channel during 2015, you’re well aware of the preview coverage I’ve given to the “Suffragette” film from the UK. Sure, there are aspects of the film I…
Continue ReadingHi, I’m Marguerite Kearns on our fourth and final day of the opening festivities for Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Today we’re delighted to showcase the message to American women voters from U.K. women’s rights activist Dr. Helen Pankhurst. The casting of Meryl Streep to play English suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in the “Suffragette” film has brought…
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Get ready for the release in 2015 of “Suffragette” film from the UK by visiting Suffrage Wagon Cooking School. Women’s History Month is a perfect time to host a special occasion for friends, family, or your organization. NEWS ROUNDUP: New York State’s gearing up for its 2017 suffrage centennial. The National Women’s History Project…
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 ReadingA little story written by my grandmother in 1913 about speaking on a street corner on New Year’s Eve in New York City followed a rant about being abused by hecklers in the Washington DC suffrage parade. Edna tacked on the New Year’s Eve story in a column she wrote comparing the experiences of suffragists in…
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