Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
New 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 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 ReadingSuffrage Storytelling is how we reach out to teachers, students & American history fans! on Vimeo. SUFFRAGE WAGON CAFE PROGRAM on Suffrage Storytelling by Marguerite Kearns, your cafe host. On the street where Edna grew up in Philadelphia, her best friend Bess became an outsider compared to most of the other young women interested…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon Cafe is introducing its women’s suffrage storytelling series on July 8, 2015. Are you subscribed? This long-awaited series links story to facts. People who follow the Suffrage Wagon love the details and how the cafe is opening its doors. Meet your friends at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Check out past story videos and…
Continue ReadingDon’t be left behind! Head out to Votes for Women centennial celebrations in 2020 and 2017! on Vimeo. GREAT NEWS: The National Federation of Press Women has awarded the Suffrage Wagon music video, “The Spirit of 1776: A Suffragette Anthem,” second prize in its category (32A) in the national media competition. “Spirit of 1776,” an anthem to…
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 ReadingThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore is out. I haven’t had a chance to order the book yet. The advance publicity says the text makes a connection between Wonder Woman’s creator and the impact the suffrage movement had on him. Today’s the last day of audio podcasts for “Playing Politics with the President.”…
Continue ReadingWhat happened to Wilmer and Edna Kearns and the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon after the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920? They moved from Rockville Centre, NY with daughter Serena Kearns back to Pennsylvania where their second child, Wilma, was born in November 1920. The New York Botanical Garden (the LuEsther…
Continue ReadingThis is, after all, a news channel. And that means I follow what’s happening in the larger world of issues, events, centennials, books and perspectives about women’s suffrage, as well as the accomplishments of the suffrage movement and how we build on that base today. Of course, my passion is inherited from my suffragist activist…
Continue ReadingBy Marguerite Kearns and Olivia Twine It’s late afternoon in Johnstown, NY, magic hour, right before sunset when filmmakers capture the best lighting. Nancy Brown, a fifth grade teacher, is waiting to take us to the local historical society and out to dinner with three other board members of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Association….
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