Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
It is more than appropriate to set aside some time to reflect on an important book by Natalie Naylor, Women in Long Island’s Past: A History of Eminent Ladies and Everyday Lives (The History Press, 2012). This book has been winking at me every time I dust near the stack of books that I consider…
Continue ReadingRosalie Gardiner Jones of Long Island drove a yellow horse-drawn wagon that on occasion campaigned with Edna Kearns and the “Spirit of 1776” campaign wagon. Among Long Island’s suffragists, Rosalie knew how to reach out to the movers and shakers. She also networked with other grassroots activists ands reached out to the public by standing…
Continue ReadingIf there’s a book that’s rocking the cradle of the women’s rights movement in NYS, it’s Long Island and the Woman Suffrage Movement by Antonia Petrash. The History Press recently published the work, and it adds volumes to what has been revealed about the island. Long Island historian Natalie Naylor has also covered considerable ground…
Continue ReadingThe fall is a terrific time for travel, and the blogging bus headed to the Cradle of the women’s rights movement in the US is ready to hit the road. Join us! Sign up for the free tour. Enjoy a road trip through upstate New York, the “Cradle.” While it’s still warm outside, squeeze in…
Continue ReadingSign up for a free tour of the cradle of the women’s rights movement in the US Late September is a great time to take a trip when the leaves are turning and soon to be at their peak. We want you to join us on a free tour of the “cradle” of the women’s…
Continue ReadingIt isn’t every day that a US President visits Seneca Falls, New York. Yet this is precisely what happened this past week as I’ve been encouraging everyone to visit the “Cradle” of the women’s rights movement in the US. Who would have believed that the presidential bus would pull into the small upstate NY town…
Continue ReadingCrossing Stones, by Helen Frost. 2009: Francis Foster Books. Crossing Stones is a phenomenal book. Coming of age during the beginning of World War One, eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgenson examines her life, her beliefs, her hopes for the future, and the concepts of war, peace, and women’s roles in this Young Adult book. The book is…
Continue ReadingIt’s August and there were too many news notes for our posting at the start of the month. So Wilmer Kearns is stepping up to the plate: We’ve been watching the progression of a great film from Holland, “Ahoy,” that features, among other courageous women, American suffragist Inez Milholland, the suffrage martyr who died for…
Continue ReadingVideo and audio about August 26th or Women’s Equality Day, available now. Plus an audio reading of the 1971 resolution that passed Congress. Video: “Rap and Roll the Suffrage Wagon” celebrates August 26th. Audio: Amelia Bowen reads the text of the Women’s Equality Day resolution that passed the US Congress in 1971. Audio: T. Fowler’s…
Continue ReadingThe first time I wore Grandmother Edna’s dresses, it was summer. I was about ten years old when we spent hours every day at the playhouse my father built –a small building in the back yard with green shingles on the roof and openings for windows Dad never finished. My mother told me: “Here, go and…
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