Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
It’s “Hot Tea Month” and what better time than to feature “The Grated Door,” the brainchild of Alice Paul (her birthday: January 11th). The Grated Door was the tea room for the National Woman’s Party in Washington, DC and the “go to” place for those who picketed the White House for suffrage. See video about…
Continue ReadingThe 1913 suffrage centennial events in Washington, DC March 1-3, 2013 will have people participating from all over the nation. I can’t be part of it, but I’m “there” in spirit, as is Grandmother Edna Kearns and tens of thousands of our ancestors. The 1913 parade was a visual representation of decades of work on…
Continue Reading[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYtacfcgPU&fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999] My grandmother Edna worked with suffrage leader Alice Paul on the national campaign to win Votes for Women. It’s the goal of many Americans to have the day of January 11th (Alice Paul’s birthday) designated as a national holiday. Have you thought about planning high tea during 2011 for your friends or organization as…
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