Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
The “Spirit of 1776″wagon caused an uproar in July of 1913. THE HOW AND WHY OF WHAT HAPPENED: by Marguerite Kearns Back in elementary school, no teacher of mine ever mentioned that during the war for independence significant numbers of Americans identified themselves with the British. Nothing demonstrates this more clearly than Long Island as…
Continue ReadingSuffrage politics were hot during 1913. And that’s one story behind the dedication ceremony on April 24, 2018 for a new historic roadside marker program to become part of Huntington, NY’s business district. It was funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation throughout New York State. The road marker scheduled for Huntington documents a confrontation between…
Continue Reading Marguerite Kearns and her suffrage activist grandparents! on Vimeo. The story of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon started when I was ten years old when asking my grandfather Wilmer Kearns questions about the horse drawn wagon stored in his garage. That’s the beginning. The plot thickened as I asked more questions and put…
Continue Reading The why of Suffrage Wagon Cooking School on Vimeo. We started Suffrage Wagon Cooking School because of Edna Kearns who sponsored programs about cooking and canning as part of her voting rights activism. Suffrage Wagon News Channel is inspired by the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon that is on exhibit at the New York…
Continue ReadingEdna Kearns, as well as many New Yorkers, were acutely aware of the 1911 fire at the Triangle factory in New York City, a tragic fire that resulted in the deaths of more than 140 working women. Every year there is a commemoration, and this year it is on March 23, 2018. Workers United/SEIU…
Continue ReadingMarguerite Kearns settles down to write memoir of family legends! on Vimeo. Get ready for March and Women’s History Month! HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS: MIREILLE MILLER is reaching out to high school teachers for a program “Women Leading the Way: Suffragists and Suffragettes.” suffragettes2020.com/about/about-mireille-miller “For me, my painting and the entire suffragette movement are part of a…
Continue ReadingI met Sue Lean (shown here) at the opening of the “Votes for Women” exhibit at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY last November. We’d been in touch on the phone and by way of email. Sue stands out for her enthusiasm about suffrage centennials as well as the terrific vintage outfits she…
Continue ReadingThe State of New York is planning to build two statues to honor suffragists Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Gardiner Jones. The statue of Sojourner Truth will be sited on the Empire State Trail in Ulster County, where she was born. Truth was born into slavery circa 1797, sold three times, and ultimately escaped to freedom in 1826. She went on to became a…
Continue ReadingKeep the tea pot hot for Susan B. Anthony’s birthday party in February! on Vimeo. NEWS NOTE: “Documenting Activism” is a special program set for Thursday, January 11, 2018, 6-8 p.m. at the New York City Municipal Archives 1st Floor Gallery, 31 Chambers Street, Manhattan. In conjunction with the exhibit Unlikely Historians: Materials collected by NYPD surveillance teams, 1960-1975, the Municipal Archives…
Continue ReadingThere is a kickstarter campaign with the goal of staging a musical, “The Perfect 36,” the story of Tennessee and the final days of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A total of $10,000is necessary to complete the script draft, present two readings, and hire actors. The final days of the…
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