“The Clarion” in its 54th issue prepares for March, Women’s History Month!
This is a reminder to start planning now. It seems early, but before you’re aware of it, Women’s History Month in March will be in our faces!
Continue ReadingFeatures suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
This is a reminder to start planning now. It seems early, but before you’re aware of it, Women’s History Month in March will be in our faces!
Continue ReadingThis is another reminder to stay warm during February—watch past programs at Suffrage Wagon Cafe, try recipes from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School, read books from your pile of MUST READS, and keep the voting rights and peace efforts alive and moving forward! Here I am—keeping an eye on what’s happening and how ALL OF US…
Continue ReadingWe’ve been persistent and insistent that women be recognized for their volunteer efforts over the years. And Marguerite Kearns has done the same. She not only published a book about the branch of the family honoring women’s rights, but she also has been working to expand the ERA constituency with important allies. Watch this video—…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns This image is from The New York Times: February 11, 2023. The discussion below is linked to educational efforts to comment and spread the word. Caption: A man watched volunteers search for people in the old quarter of Antakya in Hatay Province, Turkey. Emily Garthwaite for The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/opinion/turkey-earthquake-orhan-pamuk.html The…
Continue ReadingHere’s an email from Sylvia Ramos about how we could be doing something important while waiting from one action to another. A “whistleblower” draws a line and says “I’ve had it, and I am not going to tolerate any more lies, coverups, and abuse.” Being a whistleblower may or may not involve becoming a public…
Continue ReadingWatch the videos from our friends supporting Suffrage Wagon News Channel. We have been publishing since 2009. Now we’re working with our sister site, SuffrageCentennials.com, to support passage of an equal rights amendment to the US Constitution. This year, 2023, US women have been working for such an amendment for 100 years. THE IMPORTANCE OF…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns I wrote the book, “An Unfinished Revolution” because if I didn’t, no one would have. I chose what I believed would be an “easy” book for starters. I found out quickly that women’s rights as a topic, even its history, isn’t easy. Even the fact that I waited to begin the documentation…
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…
Continue ReadingWATCH THE INAUGURATION OF NEW YORK STATE’S FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR, KATHY HOCHUL Make sure you’re on hand to watch the inaugural ceremony of Kathy Hochul, first woman elected governor of New York State. It’s scheduled for January 1, 2023, EST, at 2. p.m. Watch online by searching for live coverage! A special thanks to those…
Continue ReadingSuffragists Martha Wright & Edna Kearns Dec. 25th birthdays on Vimeo. In 2022, activist and writer Edna Buckman Kearns will be celebrating her 140th birthday. And suffrage activist Martha Coffin Wright is 216 years old. For bookings and interviews, leave a message for Marguerite Kearns (855) toll free 553 3666. This multi-media suffrage news channel…
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