Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
by Marguerite Kearns This opinion column is a reaction to how it is increasingly popular to punish more Americans with “involuntary treatment” of their so-called political opinions and freedom of speech. Forced treatment can increasingly result in outcomes like me walking away as a result of involuntary and potentially violent treatment. There is more. I…
Continue ReadingIn this upcoming election in 2024 of two older men, we are anticipating the end of US male candidates for the US presidency and the fact that the United States still doesn’t have a history of a woman serving in the nation’s highest office. Let’s keep this issue alive. The prejudice against women still rears…
Continue ReadingBy Marguerite Kearns This is what I wrote on Saturday, May 11, 2024…It’s not supposed to be great or pathetic. It’s what emerged from my pen in the aftermath of an optimistic phone blurb. It’s preferable to be optimistic than pessimistic and “negative.” I suppose they have a point, but it’s useless unless it’s part…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns Each Saturday is the same. Each Saturday is different. We operate in a similar way each week, and everyone’s output is vastly varied. I’m speaking about visiting the posting the fruits of each week’s session. We all get to contribute to a group poem, hosted by James Nave. I got to meet…
Continue ReadingDid you know about the layers of responsibilities women face so they aren’t able to view the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon when it’s up for exhibition? Vimeo presents over 300 videos made by Marguerite Kearns. Reviewing books was once a priority of Suffrage Wagon News Channel at SuffrageWagon.org. Then there were so many…
Continue ReadingThe effort to bring food into the picture of gathering support for women organizing to win the vote is clear and ongoing. This has lead to many openings including anchor Marguerite Kearns spending the spring semester of 2024 working on her second book during her graduate semester that included “Narrative Journalism.” That’s when Dr. Patricia…
Continue ReadingAsk anchor Marguerite Kearns for an update to answer this question… by Marguerite Kearns Updates are challenging. I was terrific in terms of intention, and much less so in followup. I have many documented instances of explanations and excuses to present here. I even evaluated my strengths and weaknesses. I decided that I was weak…
Continue ReadingGo to Vimeo for videos highlighting the uphill struggle to win women’s right to vote. I studied film creation and production in order to fund my own educational videos. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009. Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is a regular feature. Once upon a time US women from all backgrounds…
Continue ReadingBuried in my past is a history I spent with Toshi Seeger, the pivotal woman behind the scenes at Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, during the years I was editor and reporter for Woodstock Times, the Hudson Valley independent newspaper. There I learned from Toshi Seeger, the spouse of folk performer Pete Seeger, the importance of…
Continue ReadingI’m here to introduce you to the recipes online that you can consider trying. New Mexico breakfast burritos can be expensive, and they’re designed to pull folks from the traffic because they are so loaded with tender loving care. I read and scan local websites about chiles and how breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be…
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