December 2023 is around the corner at Suffrage Wagon News Channel…
Happy holidays from the Kearns family! on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009.
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving to “Votes for Women” fans—from Suffrage Wagon News Channel…
Women’s Suffrage Thanksgiving News Notes on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009.
Continue ReadingSuffrage wagons used in the US women’s suffrage movement…from Suffrage Wagon News Channel!
Wagons used in the women’s suffrage campaigning! on Vimeo. Most suffrage campaign wagons were not saved for future exhibition. The New York State Museum is in the process of exhibiting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns and others. Stay in touch with Suffrage Wagon News Channel to find out…
Continue ReadingWhen Marguerite Kearns started blogging about women’s suffrage. . .
by Marguerite Kearns When I was young, I couldn’t figure out why women and their history weren’t considered a part of American history. I didn’t fully understand then that women were second-class citizens, there to serve men rather than thinking for themselves. Although this perspective has suffered to a degree during my lifetime, the top-down…
Continue ReadingBook Review: Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia
This 2013 book is a classic—Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study. If there is anything worth having in your collection, this is it. By Kenneth Florey, it is the most up to date collection of what is “out there.” There is more, and when you believe nothing more can be said, Florey and his…
Continue ReadingNo one group has the corner on tea parties. . .updates from Suffrage Wagon News Channel!
There’s considerable documentation about the role that gatherings over afternoon tea were essential for the suffrage activists in terms of providing an opportunity to relax as well as plan “Votes for Women” activism. Alice Paul’s dream of a tea house for activists, reporters and sympathetic public officials came true with the establishment of “The Grated…
Continue ReadingVotes for Women game…Wondering about a gift for the holidays?
The above Newsday clip is from long ago when the idea of permanent exhibition of the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns was in the very early stages of planning by NYS Museum personnel. Now, permanent exhibition is planned for 2024, and we’re thinking about the possibility now. Our interest…
Continue ReadingBirthday is on its way—a reminder from Suffrage Wagon News Channel. . .
Happy Birthday, Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Vimeo. Keep current with Suffrage Wagon News Channel. The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns and others is in the process of being placed on permanent exhibition in the renovation underway at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. A design firm has…
Continue ReadingLittle-known facts . . .about the suffrage movement…from Suffrage Wagon News Channel!
Ghandi took note of the British suffragettes and their campaign for the vote, although he bristled when they broke windows. Alice Paul served time in an English jail for her suffrage activism which was difficult to keep out of the American press, especially when she went on a hunger strike and was subjected to forced…
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