Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Honor Inez Milholland during the centennial of her death! on Vimeo. Welcome to the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Step up to the plate and give a hand to the campaign to ask President Obama to award Inez Milholland with a presidential medal. This special program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe asks for your help in signing the…
Continue ReadingNew program coming soon at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Women’s history as you like it! on Vimeo. On October 25, 1916, Inez Milholland collapsed on a lecture platform. We remember how this shocking news polarized the nation in the weeks leading to Milholland’s death on November 25, 1916. Don’t forget to check in with our ongoing observance…
Continue ReadingReporter Nellie Bly carved out a path for women in journalism! on Vimeo. Suggestions for the classroom about Nellie Bly are available. Give your students a treat, along with a major feature film of 2015. Check out our special coverage about Nellie Bly that was a special program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe. A video Nellie Bly special…
Continue Reading“Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon on exhibit during 2017 on Vimeo. Marguerite Kearns is host at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Follow SuffrageCentennials.com for news and views about upcoming suffrage centennials. “Choose it and Use it” is a video reminding us of how the past is linked to what we do today and its impact on the future.
Continue ReadingImportant Announcement: Suffrage Wagon quarterly newsletter is on the stands! on Vimeo. The next issue of the Suffrage Wagon News Channel newsletter is available. It’s your step-by-step guide to putting yourself in a position to make something extraordinary happen. We’re asking President Obama to award a presidential citizens’ award to Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr. Here’s another…
Continue Reading2016 has lots of events and celebrations for women’s suffrage history! on Vimeo. We’re celebrating August 26th during 2016 by spreading the word about events, programs, and observances on Suffrage Wagon News Channel as well as our sister site, SuffrageCentennials.com Stay in touch about the campaign to make August 26th a national holiday. Follow updates about…
Continue ReadingHonor Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr. Observe 2016 centennial! on Vimeo. We’re busy this week of August 26th, Women’s Equality Day. Check out the web site for the Inez Milholland centennial. Bob Cooney and Marguerite Kearns are national cochairs. It’s a campaign from the National Women’s History Project. Sign the digital petition that asks President Obama…
Continue ReadingHelp make August 26th a national holiday! on Vimeo. Women’s Equality Day: A National Holiday? The U.S. Congress officially designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day in 1971 to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment. A new proclamation for Women’s Equality Day is released each year. See the 2015 proclamation here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/24/presidential-proclamation-womens-equality-day-2015 Even before the…
Continue ReadingVisit your local farmers’ market for fresh fruits and produce! on Vimeo. Recipes from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School bring back memories of how suffrage activists combined grassroots work with putting great dishes on the table for family and friends! It took 72 years for American women to win the right to vote, no small accomplishment. In the…
Continue ReadingAugust 26th is the date set for the unveiling of a statue that has taken six years to launch that commemorates Tennessee as the last state of the then 48 states that ratified the 19th Amendment. Editorial cartoonists called Tennessee “The Perfect 36” since three-quarters of the states were necessary for ratification. This privately funded $900,000…
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