January is a cool month to remember women’s history and the struggle for equal rights!

by Marguerite Kearns At least I tried to set the record straight. Some people don’t even lift their fingers to make this  better world. They bide their time, and what happens…polarization…comes as a natural consequence.  Here’s Pepper Schwartz again. She’s saying the predictable: “Centuries of hierarchical relationships between men and women have made that arrangement…

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Are most marriages hierarchical? Suffrage Wagon News Channel asks & an answer is available from Marguerite Kearns?

by Marguerite Kearns There is no point being shocked. The ending of this tale could have been predicted. People change. They know nothing and then embark on projects above their heads. Social change is slow, and sometimes injustice never changes. Now Pepper Schwartz is saying something. What is it? Speak louder. “The history of marital…

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“Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns on exhibit, February 20 to April 6, 2025

This information was posted on the MONY web site about the exhibition of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns during 1913 on Long Island and in New York City. The suffrage wagon will be exhibited at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, New York, from February 20, 2025…

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Edna Buckman Kearns organized in New York City and Long Island…watch the video below on Rosalie Jones!

by Marguerite Kearns My grandmother Edna wrote about herself, as well as other people in the suffrage movement. This video I made (shown below) highlights the contributions of suffrage activist Rosalie Jones, the controversial member of the Jones family of Long Island. Edna worked with Rosalie when the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon was exhibited…

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Why we’re taking our hats off to Marguerite Kearns, granddaughter of Edna and Wilmer, suffrage activists since the turn of the 20th century!

by Ramona Dayton Every December we have a moment of silence for Edna Buckman Kearns and her granddaughter Marguerite who has been working to bring the story of Edna and her allies Wilmer and Serena out of the shadows and into the hearts and minds of US residents, female, male and others, young and old….

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