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The Huntington, NY suffrage historic road marker is located near Wall and Main Streets!
Continue ReadingFeatures suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
The Huntington, NY suffrage historic road marker is located near Wall and Main Streets!
Continue ReadingSuffrage Wagon Cafe features videos, storytelling, and special programs.
Continue ReadingThe sculptor has been chosen for the Central Park statue of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton!
Continue ReadingRobert Hughes, historian of the town of Huntington, NY, publishes article about “Spirit of 1776” wagon.
Continue ReadingIn 2013 the State of New York honored the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns, Serena Kearns, and Irene Davison in grassroots organizing on Long Island.
Continue ReadingVIDEO: One of our more requested videos— “Choose it or lose it” about women winning the vote. There is plenty of commentary circulating on how and why the first woman nominee for the U.S. President, from one of the two major political parties, lost in 2016. We’re putting voting rights in a historical perspective. Follow…
Continue ReadingEdna Kearns raised money for the women’s suffrage movement and gave canning lessons to women who wanted to hear about how voting could lead to increased human rights. This struggle involved tens of thousands of women, many of whom who could agree on one thing—leaving the kitchen and participating in the broader society. They didn’t…
Continue ReadingSPECIAL VIDEO FEATURE: Interview with songwriter and performer Eighty Bug about the “Spirit of 1776” song she wrote and produced about the suffrage wagon used by Edna Kearns in the New York State votes for women movement. The “Spirit of 1776” horse-drawn wagon was exhibited at the New York State Museum from 2017 to 2018…
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