Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was teased in 2012. She was attacked. Some commentators suggested that she had a serious mental disorder. What’s behind such a vehement reaction? Pelosi suggested that she’d been in communication with some of our most revered ancestors who struggled for women’s right to vote. Suffrage ancestors reportedly whispered in…
Continue ReadingThe shooting tragedy at a Connecticut elementary school demonstrates the urgent need for a heart-based way of all of us moving forward together. Which brings up an essential question: “Who are we?” How do we define ourselves, our relationship to each other and the planet? I’ve been listening to a Heartmath webinar this morning on…
Continue ReadingThere’s a very revealing story about a black and white Christmas in upstate New York in 1823 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Check it out! Also, a tale from 1914 where international suffragists exchanged holiday greetings even though their countries were at war. LINK Thanks to Diana Overbey and her blog, “Presently in the Past.”…
Continue ReadingHuddling under the covers mornings until the last minute like me because it’s so cold? Still trying to dig your way out of the snow in the driveway? Needing some last-minute gift ideas for the suffrage buff in your life? It’s freezing here and the snow hasn’t cleared from my back yard. But more gift…
Continue ReadingSuffragette leader Sylvia Pankhurst’s granddaughter, Dr. Helen Pankhurst led UK Feminista’s mass Feminist Lobby of Parliament in late October, 106 years after her great grandmother, Emmeline, did the same. Over 200 women and men from around the country joined her. They met with their MPs to call for urgent action on women’s equality. The lobby…
Continue ReadingSweet Honey in the Rock have two great songs about voting related to the issue about the denial of voting and representation of residents in the District of Columbia. These songs can easily could be adapted for other voting issues as well (Song #1 and Song #2). Yes, Virginia. Americans have many issues with the…
Continue ReadingGrandmother Edna’s birthday each year is on December 25th. Other news and stories: “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns on exhibit in Albany, NY for six months in 2012. American apple pie wasn’t sacred to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. California women have been voting for 100 years. Guest bloggers, news notes, and book reviews were special…
Continue ReadingMarguerite’s Musings: Grandmother Edna was born on Christmas day in 1882. My mother told me how Edna hated having her birthday on Christmas. She claimed to always get shirt shrift as a child when it came to gifts and attention on her birthday. For Edna, Christmas meant books as gifts; each book contained sweet messages…
Continue ReadingYou Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer, by Shana Corey; Chelsey McLaren ill. Scholastic Press, 2000. by Tara Bloyd Aimed at young children, this short picture book presents the story of Amelia Bloomer and her eponymous outfit in a simple, direct fashion. The illustrations are bright and compelling, and are set off by a generous amount…
Continue ReadingSuffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton wasn’t afraid to tackle any subject and make a few enemies along the way. Her position on American apple pie is one example. The Brits had pie right, Stanton said. They didn’t use a bottom crust, for it would inevitably become soggy. Her views on the subject were laid out in…
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