Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
In this upcoming election in 2024 of two older men, we are anticipating the end of US male candidates for the US presidency and the fact that the United States still doesn’t have a history of a woman serving in the nation’s highest office. Let’s keep this issue alive. The prejudice against women still rears…
Continue ReadingAnother column from our anchor Marguerite Kearns about Edna Kearns’ suffrage campaign wagon, the wagon promoting women’s voting rights in New York City and Long Island during 1913, and Marguerite’s 2024 emphasis on body politics, now and in the future… THE 2025 EXHIBITION OF THE “SPIRIT OF 1776” SUFFRAGE WAGON ON LONG ISLAND. . . …
Continue ReadingFebruary is a terrific month of the Lunar New Year, of building on the past, affirming our sisters and brothers and ancestors. The top image is a front cover of a publication produced by the Women’s History Alliance in 2021. The Chinese New Year has been celebrated for ages. So has Valentine’s Day when the…
Continue ReadingCOLUMN FROM MARGUERITE KEARNS I started with evaluating my emphasis on my feet. They are neglected in general, says my exercise teacher. And reluctantly I admitted that the category of my mind and that of spirit are given more emphasis than my body. Yikes. This is something I have to correct. That’s why I registered…
Continue ReadingThis 2013 book is a classic—Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study. If there is anything worth having in your collection, this is it. By Kenneth Florey, it is the most up to date collection of what is “out there.” There is more, and when you believe nothing more can be said, Florey and his…
Continue ReadingEdna Buckman Kearns stood on the shoulders of those who came before her. She volunteered for the cause during her lifetime. And she passed a suffrage movement torch to my mother and me who have carried on Edna’s work. I’m passing a torch to others who are carrying on Edna’s work of gathering support for…
Continue ReadingWomen’s suffrage history includes Seneca Falls and the national 4th of July celebration.
Continue ReadingHOW Suffrage Wagon Cooking School loves to serve up goodies when you’re due for a work break! Get some of our recipes and decide for yourself! Some organizations raise funds by sponsoring fund-raisers to benefit special projects, organizational campaigns, or general operation. We’re making Butternut Squash Soup at Suffrage Wagon Cooking School on Vimeo. Ode…
Continue ReadingSUFFRAGETTES ANTHEM – SPIRIT OF 1776 from on Vimeo. Make sure that you see the inauguration live at 2. p.m. EST from New York. It is historic, and the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns. in 1913 in. New York City and Long Island has an important part! Suffrage Wagon News Channel…
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