Juicy first wave women’s rights news, and a video! Reminder about Convention Days!
There’s a press conference on July 19, 2018 to announce the sculptor of the Stanton/Anthony statue for NYC.
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Town historian of Huntington (NY) writes about Edna Kearns & her suffrage wagon!
Robert Hughes, historian of the town of Huntington, NY, publishes article about “Spirit of 1776” wagon.
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Reponding to your requests—Memoir & suffrage storytelling!
In response to your requests, we’re starting a new chapter at Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Follow the suffrage wagon for memoir and storytelling.
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The women’s Declaration of Independence…plus video!
August 26th is the women’s 4th of July. And activists observed the national holiday as well. Edna Kearns, for example, and her activist associates traveled during the first week of July in 1913 to take the freedom message to the people of New York City and Long Island. The Declaration of Sentiments was released in…
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Video message from Dr. Helen Pankhurst, plus “Spirit of 1776” wagon centennial!
In 2013 the State of New York honored the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns, Serena Kearns, and Irene Davison in grassroots organizing on Long Island.
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Hearing about a suffrage activist grandmother—Edna Kearns
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…
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Centennial news from Dr. Helen Pankhurst in the UK!
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…
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VIDEO: The Vote—”Choose it or Lose it”
VIDEO: One of our more requested videos— “Choose it or lose it” about women winning the vote. There is plenty of commentary circulating on how and why the first woman nominee for the U.S. President, from one of the two major political parties, lost in 2016. We’re putting voting rights in a historical perspective. Follow…
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