New York State will honor suffrage activists by way of statues on state land!

  The State of New York is planning to build two statues to honor suffragists Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Gardiner Jones. The statue of Sojourner Truth will be sited on the Empire State Trail in Ulster County, where she was born.  Truth was born into slavery circa 1797, sold three times, and ultimately escaped to freedom in 1826.  She went on to became a…

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Hot tea month every January, plus event news note!

Keep the tea pot hot for Susan B. Anthony’s birthday party in February! on Vimeo. NEWS NOTE: “Documenting Activism” is a special program set for Thursday, January 11, 2018, 6-8 p.m. at the New York City Municipal Archives 1st Floor Gallery, 31 Chambers Street, Manhattan. In conjunction with the exhibit Unlikely Historians: Materials collected by NYPD surveillance teams, 1960-1975, the Municipal Archives…

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“Tea with Alice and Me” premier in January 2018 and work underway for a women’s history trail

    Dear Santa, This is what we wanted for Christmas. . . on Vimeo. We asked Santa on several occasions for a national women’s trial. Plans are underway to work on this initiative. However, it is something that volunteers are taking responsibility for through the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites. It is being referred…

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Videos at Suffrage Wagon Cafe include new “Spirit of 1776” wagon images on exhibit NOW!

The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon is now on exhibit at the New York State Museum through May 2018. “Spirit of 1776” wagon on exhibit from 2017 to 2018! on Vimeo. New writing for Marguerite Kearns at Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Vimeo. There’s a lot to celebrate at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Suffrage Centennial Celebrations! on Vimeo. Sign…

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Suffrage Wagon Cafe Video Program

Chef Ted Cutting pays a visit to Suffrage Wagon Cooking School! on Vimeo. Celebrating 100 years of women voting: Program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Vimeo. Women’s Suffrage Campaign Wagon on exhibit into 2018 at the New York State Museum on Vimeo. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Facebook and Twitter. Quarterly newsletters just by signing up. Suffrage Wagon News…

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More about Edna Kearns and the “Spirit of 1776” wagon on exhibit in Albany, NY

        Snapshots from the Life of Edna Kearns on Vimeo. When the New York State Museum opens its women’s suffrage exhibit on November 4, 2017, the “Spirit of 1776” wagon Edna Kearns used for grassroots suffrage organizing will be on exhibit. Edna Kearns is best known for her horse-drawn “Spirit of 1776” campaign…

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