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Women’s History Month in March features a Saturday, March 18, 2023 presentation by Marguerite Kearns related to her women’s history book, “An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights,” published June 2021 by SUNY Press (State University of New York). The women’s history month. presentation is set for 10 a.m., at Holy…
Continue ReadingThis 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 Reading“The dungeon I was in was very filthy, tobacco spit on the floor and all along the side of the filthy bunk; dirty horse blankets, open dirty toilet, no water, dark and damp. I was so cold my teeth chattered all night. Superintendent Whittaker ran up and down the corridor screaming to the guards to…
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…
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