Off to the farmers’ market for harvest fresh fruits and vegetables!

Visit your local farmers’ market for fresh fruits and produce! on Vimeo. It’s harvest time at a farmers’ market near you. Now’s the time to prepare a banquet. Here at Suffrage Wagon Cooking School we’ve been stocking up. There’s also our first birthday to celebrate. We’ve been featuring recipes and cooking demonstrations for the past year….

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Episode #4. “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling. The books by Mary Wollstonecraft got Bess in trouble.

        Episode #4: How Bess got in trouble for reading Mary Wollstonecraft! on Vimeo. The problems for Bess started when her parents discovered a forbidden book under her bedroom mattress. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) started Bess on the path of finding other books that presented the idea…

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Special program on new book about women’s suffrage movement postcards at Suffrage Wagon Cafe!

    “American Woman Suffrage Postcards” by Kenneth Florey on Vimeo. DISCOVERY OF HISTORIC ARTIFACT IMAGE IN NEW BOOK by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe, open since March 2015. Check out back programs. As I held Kenneth Florey’s book in my hands recently, I felt a surge of delight in flipping the pages for…

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Let’s meet at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Tuesday, September 8 for a special program on suffrage postcard book!

Let’s meet at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. I have a surprise discovery to share with you. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Facebook and Twitter. Quarterly newsletters just by signing up. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has videos platforms on Vimeo. Meet me at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. SuffrageCentennials.com for news and views…

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Episode #3: Wilmer Kearns enters the story. “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling.

Episode #3: Bess introduces Wilmer Kearns on “Suffrage Storytelling” on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Wilmer Kearns had no idea of what would be ahead of him when he first met Edna May Buckman in 1903 at a Philadelphia art exhibit. They were both students, but the fact they hadn’t been “properly introduced” upset Edna’s family. During…

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August 26 news: People’s Town Hall in NYC & Woodstock, NY exhibit of women artists overlooked!

      Equality Celebrations and Women’s Suffrage News Notes on Vimeo. It’s the countdown for August 26th, Women’s Equality Day, The People’s Town Hall, cosponsored by Women on 20s, Women You Should Know, Unite Women New York, and the Department of Records and Information Services/WomensActivism.NYC. A panel of speakers includes Liz Abzug (moderator) – consultant, professor, attorney/lobbyist; Rosemonde Pierre-Louis…

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Suffrage Wagon Cooking School celebrates its first year of recipes!

Our hats off to Suffrage Wagon Cooking School recipes! on Vimeo. When a birthday rolls around, we take advantage of it. Espacially when Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is in the spotlight for its first birthday party. We’re highlighting some of our best recipes as part of the August 26th programming. An overview of some cooking school videos…

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Can NYC initiative raise $75,000 before August 26, Women’s Equality Day?

Help is needed to crowd-fund an effort to document the stories of women activists by raising $75,000 before Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2015.  WomensActivism.NYC is the hub for a five-year celebration of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in New York City. The first big event, “Declaration of Sentiments: The Remix, A Celebration of the Women’s Suffrage…

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More from Bess and “Suffrage Storytelling,” plus update on “10 Days in a Madhouse”!

Being an Independent Woman in 1903 wasn’t easy! Find out more on “Suffrage Storytelling” on Vimeo. COMING SOON: We’ll meet Wilmer Kearns who starts complicating young Edna’s life because she wanted to go slowly out into the world and not get tangled in a romance, at least not right away. “SUFFRAGE STORYTELLING” so far: Episode #1…

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