Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon is in our future! on Vimeo. On this last day of the Obama administration in Washington, DC, I am coming up for air after a well-deserved and health related break and rest. You can’t keep a suffrage history nut under control, however. The nation is buzzing with news of…
Continue ReadingHappy birthday suffrage activist Edna Kearns (1882-1934) on December 25th. Find out about Edna and her “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon at Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Edna’s “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon will be on exhibit in New York State during its 2017 suffrage centennial observance. On this day before December 25th in 2016, we remember…
Continue ReadingSuffragists Martha Wright & Edna Kearns Dec. 25th birthdays on Vimeo. Wish Edna Kearns a happy birthday by supporting permanent exhibit of her suffrage wagon! on Vimeo. Happy holidays from Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. Happy holidays from the Kearns family! on Vimeo. We wish you a happy and peaceful holiday season! Marguerite Kearns is host at the Suffrage…
Continue ReadingFollow the Suffrage Wagon through snow and sleet and rain. . . on Vimeo. VOTES FOR WOMEN NEWS: The legacy of the women’s suffrage movement is being unearthed in Rhode Island where student researchers have been contributed to a national database of votes for women activists, the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement…
Continue ReadingSanta and the Inez Milholland citizens medal! on Vimeo. CHRISTMAS DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE 100 YEARS AGO LINKED TO OBAMA’S LAST DAYS Vassar graduate & NYC attorney Inez Milholland (1886-1916) nominated for citizens medal from President Obama Christmas Day is typically set aside for families. However, on Christmas Day in 1916, 100 years ago, over one thousand…
Continue ReadingThis audio reading is from “Jailed for Freedom” by Doris Stevens, 1920. It is the statement by Maude Younger at the Christmas Day 1916 memorial service for Inez Milholland at Statuary Hall in Washington, DC. (Courtesy: Librivox). After it became apparent that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson wasn’t moved by the extraordinary effort by American women,…
Continue ReadingWrite a letter about Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr! on Vimeo. WILL AMERICA’S SUFFRAGE MARTYR BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE? NOT IF WE TAKE ACTION NOW! by Marguerite Kearns, your host at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Inez Milholland died 100 years ago on November 25, 1916 for women’s voting rights. Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886-1916) is America’s suffrage…
Continue ReadingNew program coming soon at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: Women’s history as you like it! on Vimeo. On October 25, 1916, Inez Milholland collapsed on a lecture platform. We remember how this shocking news polarized the nation in the weeks leading to Milholland’s death on November 25, 1916. Don’t forget to check in with our ongoing observance…
Continue ReadingHazel MacKaye (photo above) was riding high in 1914 when her pageant, “The American Woman: Six Periods of American Life” was performed at the Seventy-first Regimental Armory (sponsored by the New York City Men’s League for Equal Suffrage). It was a cutting-edge production that milked the potential for drama and social commentary. Edna Buckman Kearns…
Continue ReadingHonor the grandmothers in the kitchen! on Vimeo. The year 2016 is an election year –more reason than ever to remember the grandmothers and great grandmothers who spent more than 72 years working to win voting rights for women. When you visit Suffrage Wagon Cooking School you’ll see a representative sampling of the cooking demonstrations during…
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