Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
The suffrage campaign wagon that inspired Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been seen by thousands of visitors to the New York State Capitol since March of 2012 when the exhibit, “From Seneca Falls to the Supreme Court” opened. The news media coverage about this exhibit points out the degree of time and money spent opening…
Continue Readingby Kenneth Florey That there was more than a casual connection between tea and suffrage activism is undeniable. Suffragists organized tea parties to promote their cause and to raise money, as evidenced by many of the state reports that appear in Volume VI of The History of Woman Suffrage, a work that was originally conceived…
Continue ReadingWondering about these people sitting on Grandmother Edna Kearns’ suffrage wagon? L to R: My sister Winnie Culp, me at age 14, my George School friend Madge Passmore, my mother Wilma, and Grandfather Wilmer Kearns. It’s the time of the month for Suffrage Wagon news notes, and now –a special thanks to everyone who participated…
Continue ReadingWomen voters and lovers of American history will discover the inside story of two of the suffrage movement’s founders during Women’s History Month when the background struggle between suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage is revealed on stage. The dialogue performance will be at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale, NY on Friday,…
Continue ReadingSuff buffs and citizens in general are hearing a great deal these days about the centennial parade planned for Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Washington D.C. The parade celebrates the spectacular suffrage procession of March 3, 1913, a key date in women’s rights history. It was a significant show of strength for suffragists, and a galvanizing…
Continue ReadingVIDEO SPECIALS: A tribute to Susan B. Anthony who joins One Billion Rising across the United States and around the world. Susan’s video tribute. LINK. Susan dances with One Billion Rising. LINK. It’s Valentine’s Day, a day of love and caring and respect for those who are special. It’s a perfect day for One Billion…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon joins with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. One Billion Rising started as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that one in three women on the planet…
Continue ReadingWomen are rising all over the world. Join the demonstration of women and the men who love them. Visit Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Thursday, February 14, 2013 and be part of our virtual party during One Billion Rising.
Continue ReadingI can’t tell you how happy I am to see the interest and attention increasing over the planned events in March 1-3, 2013, in Washington, DC to commemorate the centennial of the 1913 big suffrage parade. It’s when Grandmother Edna Kearns met Alice Paul for the first time, though they did have similar cultural roots…
Continue Reading“The Grated Door” was the tea room for the National Woman’s Party. The selection below is from The Story of The Woman’s Party by Inez Haynes Irwin. 1921. LINK. “Alice Paul’s office, which is on the second floor, was done in purple and gold; the woodwork of gold, the furniture upholstered in purple velvet. Later,…
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