Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Votes for Women news to prepare for 2020 suffrage centennial on Vimeo. From Marguerite— August is the month during 2019 when we’ve already started moving forward to plan for the 2020 women’s suffrage centennial in the US. Just when I’d settled on using the language “first wave” and “second…
Continue ReadingGet your copy of the Gazette, recently published and distributed by the National Women’s History Alliance.
Continue ReadingHistoric markers on Long Island bring to the attention of the public the first wave of the women’s rights movement in the US.
Continue ReadingThe “Spirit of 1776” wagon in New York State will have a replica sister wagon in Iowa to commemorate the 2020 centennial of US women voting.
Continue ReadingMary Gardiner Jones was the niece of Rosalie Jones of Long Island. Her obituary highlights the next generation of women’s rights activists after 1920.
Continue ReadingThe City of Long Beach, New York will be dedicating a historic marker in June. This is a major commemorative event.
Continue ReadingPersonal reflections by Marguerite about the long journey of researching and publishing about the “Spirit of 1776” wagon that has been exhibited by the NYS Museum in Albany, NY.
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