Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
by Marguerite Kearns Working with my mother Wilma Kearns Culp during the 1980s was transformative. She had reached a point in her later life when this collaboration was exactly what she needed. I was involved in another issue, so researching our family history was both “wonderful” and “challenging. For her, the exercise was “stimulating.” Wilma…
Continue ReadingMarguerite’s Musings: I never imagined what has actually happened. It seems that others speak of little more than “the sky is blue”or” it snowed or rained a lot today.” Little of substance passes for a real exchange.” Occasionally we are informed by other messages, such as “this social and political situation results in me…
Continue ReadingIn 2026 the United States will hold its 250th birthday and the event may move forward with US women empowered with the right to vote. However, this 2026 information (so far) is being presented without even a mention of girls and women in key digital places, as if we don’t exist. You bet, we’re noticing….
Continue ReadingHow do suffrage stories speak to us today? The “Spirit of 1776” reminds us of the long history of individuals and organizations reaching out toward change. They had no idea in the moment of the impact of what they were doing. What’s the message for today? Think outside the box. Even if you’re convinced your cause…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns When I was young, my mother told me that my grandmother Edna Buckman Kearns did important work campaigning for Votes for Women. Edna died a long time before I was born, so I could only imagine what those days before the vote had been like. I thought about Edna and dreamed about…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns I’m not saying that my grandparents wore these particular coats shown below, but they certainly glanced at the winter styles and were, I suspect, influenced by the fashion. The styles appear on the same page as an article about Grandmother Edna and her suffrage movement organizing and activities. If I transpose my…
Continue ReadingI’m still working out the details of my Susan B. Anthony speech for the party commemorating the June 19, 1873 presentation Susan gave in court at the Ontario County, NY courthouse for her trial for illegal voting. The occasion: her trial for illegal voting. The courthouse is located in what’s known as the “Cradle” of…
Continue ReadingContact New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo directly. Bring up the following email form, fill in your name and address. Select “Women’s Issues” as the category, and make your message simple. Save suffrage history. Support the New York State Museum in putting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon on permanent exhibit for today and…
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