Suffrage Wagon News Channel

Chances are that you’ve seen the suffrage music video, “Bad Romance,” a parody of Lady Gaga. But have you seen the behind-the-scenes production short (link above)? The increase in creative material about the suffrage movement is exciting and noteworthy.  Here are a few examples: A stroll on the new Rochester Heritage Trail. Boston Marathon runners that…

Do you know about the picketing of the White House by suffragists? This is a story we can’t tell often enough. The headquarters of the National Woman’s Party in Washington, DC (aka the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum) has prepared this video using some unique archival images. These wonderful and energetic folks at the Sewall-Bemont House…

Here’s what happened almost a hundred years ago. Grandmother Edna Kearns expected to be a speaker at a community event as she set out for the evening with this purpose in mind. She was, after all, as the article notes: “a well known suffrage speaker.” When turned away at the door of a Republican Party…

Listening to the audio of “Jailed for Freedom” by Doris Stevens is almost like listening to Doris herself. And the audio from the entire book is free from Votes for Women Salon. “Alice Paul brought back to the fight that note of immediacy which had gone with the passing of Miss Anthony’s leadership. She called a…

Alice Paul is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Yet, during her lifetime she wasn’t interested in glory. She kept her eye on the prize: women’s rights and the vote. This video fills in a great deal. And keep in mind that author Mary Walton never heard of Alice Paul before a newspaper editor brought…

We continue with the untold story of the local wrinkle on the suffrage movement in New York State. As we move toward NYS’s centennial of winning the vote in 1917, we’ll see an increasing interest in this part of our history. The articles linked on this blog are primarily from the archives of Grandmother Edna…

Grandmother Edna Kearns wouldn’t have had a starring role in “Iron Jawed Angels,” a classic introduction for many about the woman’s suffrage movement. However, she would have been in the office of the National Woman’s Party during the scenes when the suffs picketed the White House. And as such, she would have represented the many…

If you’re interested in the suffrage movement, chances are that someone might refer to you as a “suffrage buff.” Nate Levin wraps himself in the term, so much so that he created a Facebook page with the name, Suffrage Buffs of America. His mother was a loyal member of the League of Women Voters, which…

Considering that grandmother Edna Kearns’ oldest daughter Serena was a poster child for the suffrage movement,  Edna definitely felt sensitive about criticism for taking her daughter on the campaign trail. Often people shouted at her from the sidelines: “You should be at home taking care of your child.” For Serena, accompanying her mother was thrilling…

A new piece of art work is hanging on my wall, a gift from an old friend Peter Sinclair, an artist and historian from the Hudson Valley. Peter played a key role in storing the suffrage campaign wagon in a safe place until it finally reached its resting place in the New York State Museum….