Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Suffrage politics were hot during 1913. And that’s one story behind the dedication ceremony on April 24, 2018 for a new historic roadside marker program to become part of Huntington, NY’s business district. It was funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation throughout New York State. The road marker scheduled for Huntington documents a confrontation between…
Continue ReadingThe “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon is now on exhibit at the New York State Museum through May 2018. “Spirit of 1776” wagon on exhibit from 2017 to 2018! on Vimeo. New writing for Marguerite Kearns at Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Vimeo. There’s a lot to celebrate at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Suffrage Centennial Celebrations! on Vimeo. Sign…
Continue ReadingThe story of the “Spirit of 1776” wagon is featured in NY Votes for Women: A Suffrage Centennial Anthology, a project of the Writer’s Block Party, an informal group of novice and experienced writers, who discuss the writing process and experiences as well as ask questions and…
Continue ReadingWhite House Picketing & Hot Tea on Vimeo. American women picketed White House 101 years ago in support of voting rights! on Vimeo. News from the women’s suffrage movement. On the home front—this article appeared in the Long Island press in March 1917: Rockville Centre, L.I.—In the mind of the pretty little Miss Serena B. Kearns,…
Continue ReadingEdna Buckman Kearns reflects on her past & the “Spirit of 1776” wagon! on Vimeo. The “May Equality Salon” recognizes women and peace movements on Tuesday, May 16, 2016 (6 p.m.) at a special program at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Before women won the vote in 1920, they organized internationally to promote the non-violent resolution…
Continue ReadingMorning at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Vimeo. We’re taking a look at “Chick History”. It is in its fifth year of publishing women’s history features. Rebecca Price conducted 50 interviews and now is spreading the word of the #HerStoryPodcast series. Fifty women were asked to share the historical story of someone who inspired them. Edna Buckman Kearns…
Continue ReadingLong Island women’s suffrage activists featured in an exhibit! on Vimeo. THROUGH THE EYE OF MARGUERITE KEARNS (Point of View); This has been a terrific year as far as recognition of my grandmother, Edna Kearns, and her “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon is concerned. An exhibit featuring Long Island suffrage activists at the Suffolk County Historical…
Continue ReadingMarguerite Kearns’ 2015 welcome message: at Suffrage Wagon Cafe! on Vimeo. THROUGH THE EYE OF MARGUERITE KEARNS: (Point of View) A red carpet was rolled out for me when I showed up recently for VIP night at Suffrage Wagon Café. The room was filled with those of us who have kept the faith since I started…
Continue ReadingWoodstock, New York: Travel to this distinct Hudson Valley town! on Vimeo. The State of New York kicked off the 2017 suffrage centennial in Albany, NY on March 1, 2017, Women’s History Month. And Woodstock Times (Woodstock, NY) published the story by Marguerite Kearns about how the “Spirit of 1776” wagon had Woodstock, NY ties and came…
Continue ReadingTHROUGH THE EYE OF MARGUERITE KEARNS (Point of View): During the first week of January in 1914, a hardy band of marchers under the direction of suffragist Rosalie Jones started out from New York City on a march headed to Albany, NY to ask NYS Governor Martin Glynn to appoint poll…
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