Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
This new music video has people talking. Now you can get in on the act by watching the “Spirit of 1776” on YouTube. Songwriter and performer Eighty Bug assembled quite a remarkable group of musicians, stage hands, filmmakers, and living history staff at the Heritage Museum of Orange County in Santa Ana, California. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aga11k5s0Bc&w=560&h=315]…
Continue ReadingThe first stage is the dream, and then comes the planning and reality of a New York State suffrage centennial celebration in 2017. The facts are being collected and the dreamers called into action. Every month I’m on a conference call with others who are stepping up to the plate in terms of making sure…
Continue ReadingHave you ever heard the Joint Resolution of Congress that in 1971 designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day? The first audio podcast read by Amelia Bowen spells out the directive. And the second podcast celebrates August 26th in song. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/95745527″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/104603363″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Follow…
Continue ReadingIf you love dress ups, and costume balls, then you’ll find lots of ideas on this blog about taking back Halloween. There’s also step by step instruction about how you can look like Susan for your next suffrage-related costume party or event. You’ll join other notables including the Susan B. Anthony House & Museum’s Susan B….
Continue ReadingThe response to the seven-series “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls” has been terrific. In this final segment, Podcast #7, Elizabeth Cady Stanton discusses three women friends in Seneca Falls, New York, her neighbors, and some of the problems facing women in family life. This entire series of podcasts about the suffrage movement averages two minutes…
Continue ReadingROAST CORN VIDEO Seasonal special from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School. Inspired by Grandmother Edna Kearns who canned corn, jams and jellies to raise funds for the suffrage movement. Are you planning to do something special on August 26th, Women’s Equality Day? Resources from the National Women’s History Project. The NWHP also has a brochure for August…
Continue ReadingOnly one more podcast to go after this one! Podcast #6. Elizabeth Cady Stanton speaks about how the Seneca Falls convention didn’t end in July of 1848. The convention defenders had to defend their position on women’s rights and this meant educating themselves about hefty subjects including law and philosophy. These early suffragists initiated a…
Continue ReadingHave you set plans in motion to celebrate August 26th, Women’s Equality Day? Fun gifts and other products available to inform your event are available from the National Women’s History Project. Are you following the audio podcasts from Seneca Falls? Five of the total series of seven podcasts, “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls,” have been…
Continue ReadingPodcast #5: After the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, the spark was lit for discontent in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Ministers criticized the convention from the pulpit and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others wrote letters to the editors of newspapers defending their actions; they accepted invitations for speaking publicly, and more. Audio:…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Senate has passed legislation to bring the nation one step closer to a Harriet Tubman national park. Now the bill is before the U.S. House of Representatives. Will the House pass the bill before the summer recess? Or is the bill doomed because of politics? Treat yourself to a Video about the Harriet Tubman…
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