Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Dr. Helen Pankhurst is the granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst whose book, Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now was released this year, the suffrage centennial observance of women in Great Britain receiving the partial right to vote. Full suffrage was approved in 1928. There are…
Continue Reading Suffrage Wagon News Channel for news & views of the women’s suffrage movement on Vimeo. This video is a reminder of the hard work and determination associated with American women winning the right to vote. NEWS FROM THE FIRST WAVE OF THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT— The UK is in the midst of its suffrage centennial…
Continue ReadingNEWS FROM SUFFRAGE WAGON NEWS CHANNEL: Interest is increasing from around the nation by women planning to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Many of these candidates are focusing on health care, education, early childhood development, family leave, and workplace equality. This year is the 170th anniversary of the 1848 women’s rights convention held…
Continue ReadingThank you, Louise Slaughter (1929-2018) for your work benefitting American women! from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo.U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter died during March, Women’s History Month, in 2018. After serving four years in the New York State Assembly, her district’s voters sent her to the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 30th Congressional district. She…
Continue ReadingAn article in “Huntington Now,” an online publication featuring the April 24, 2018 dedication ceremony of the historic marker funded by the Pomeroy Foundation. The marker featured the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns and others, and it is located in the business district of the Huntington, New York community. See link. …
Continue ReadingBRAVO! Here at Suffrage Wagon News Channel we’ve been advocating for years that tea become a theme of our celebrations.
Continue ReadingThe Suffrage Wagon Cafe for special programs, music, & film on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon Cafe has been undergoing renovations which means we are now resuming our special programs. This program highlights the unveiling of the heritage road marker in Huntington, NY during April 2018 and the closing of the special suffrage centennial exhibition from November 2017…
Continue ReadingUnveiling of “Spirit of 1776” heritage road marker in Huntington, NY on Vimeo. The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage road marker is now featured in the downtown business district of Huntington, NY. Follow the suffrage wagon for news, views, and updates.
Continue ReadingThe roadside marker in Huntington, NY, officially dedicated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, is now part of the downtown business area near Wall and Main Streets. The marker is part of a program of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to erect historic road markers throughout New York State.
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