Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
SUMMER READING: During the dog days of summer, curl up in a hammock under a tree or take time at the beach for summer reading. Need a women’s suffrage related list for summer reading? Here’s a bibliography by Margaret E. Gers that will point you in the direction of a good book related to women’s rights…
Continue ReadingSeason 1 of “Suffrage Storytelling” reveals the lives of young women in 1903 on Vimeo. Whenever Edna Buckman could, she took the train to center city Philadelphia to meet her best friend Bess at the Market Street teahouse. Bess, the rebel, loved telling Edna stories after they took their seats and ordered from the menu. Edna…
Continue ReadingRoast Corn: A special recipe from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School on Vimeo. Fresh corn is in from the fields and this demonstration from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School fits the ticket. This summer is the first birthday for Suffrage Wagon Cooking School. Have fun with us! The following states celebrated their centennials of women winning the vote…
Continue ReadingWho are these two women? Left, Doris Stevens. Right, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both weren’t shrinking violets. However, if you learned conventional history in school they were overshadowed by men in the story of this nation. We’re in the midst of suffrage centennial fever that started with state centennial celebrations launched by the western states. In…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Storytelling is how we reach out to teachers, students & American history fans! on Vimeo. SUFFRAGE WAGON CAFE PROGRAM on Suffrage Storytelling by Marguerite Kearns, your cafe host. On the street where Edna grew up in Philadelphia, her best friend Bess became an outsider compared to most of the other young women interested…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon Cafe is introducing its women’s suffrage storytelling series on July 8, 2015. Are you subscribed? This long-awaited series links story to facts. People who follow the Suffrage Wagon love the details and how the cafe is opening its doors. Meet your friends at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Check out past story videos and…
Continue ReadingAmelia Bowen reads from the memoir of Elizabeth Cady Stanton about the July 4th protest in 1876 in Philadelphia. BELOW: More about what happened after the suffrage co-conspirators left the centennial hall: “Passing out, these ladies made their way to a platform, erected for the musicians, in front of Independence Hall. Here, under the shadow of…
Continue ReadingDon’t be left behind! Head out to Votes for Women centennial celebrations in 2020 and 2017! on Vimeo. GREAT NEWS: The National Federation of Press Women has awarded the Suffrage Wagon music video, “The Spirit of 1776: A Suffragette Anthem,” second prize in its category (32A) in the national media competition. “Spirit of 1776,” an anthem to…
Continue ReadingWomen’s suffrage news notes wrap up on Vimeo. NEWS NOTES: WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT EVENTS AND PROGRAMS: If you know a woman — current or historic– whose life demonstrates the 2016 theme, “Working to Make a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government,” visit the National Women’s History Project for a nomination application…
Continue Reading“Jailed for Freedom” by Doris Stevens is featured book on Suffrage Bookshelf on Vimeo. You can listen to the “Jailed for Freedom” book read free on Librivox. by Marguerite Kearns Have you heard the perspective referred to above that has been getting spread around lately? It compares the English and American suffrage movements and concludes that the English…
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