Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Help us celebrate a major media campaign defining 2015. We’ve been spreading the word about the ongoing effort to support the New York State Museum in putting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage Wagon on permanent exhibit. We were thrilled when Newsday (Long Island, NY) published a two-page spread in June 2015 about the campaign. The effort…
Continue ReadingIntroducing audio features on Vimeo with Marguerite Kearns, your host. ON THE SCENE REPORT: Marguerite Kearns covers a ERA rally for public radio about the Equal Rights Amendment legislation in the U.S. Congress. RADIO INTERVIEW: Marguerite Kearns interviews director and producer of “10 Days in a Madhouse” (Timothy Hines and Susan Goforth) for public radio. The film…
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Fun building on women’s history, past hard work and accomplishments! from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo. A star for Inez Milholland, America’s women’s suffrage martyr on Vimeo. Happy holidays from the people at Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. A Wish for Santa: Support Permanent Exhibit of “Spirit of 1776” Wagon! on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns…
Continue ReadingSupport Suffrage Storytelling during Season I: Drama, action, and fun! on Vimeo. Happy holidays from “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling. Season I continues with Bess, Wilmer and Edna. Meet Jonathan Geffner, ventriloquist, a special guest on Suffrage Storytelling. We’re up to Episode #9. Watch the videos and catch up with past episodes. Did you see the…
Continue ReadingWomen’s Suffrage Holiday News Notes on Vimeo. Happy Thanksgiving from Marguerite Kearns and Suffrage Wagon News Channel with this video of news notes! It’s an overview of the postings we’ve been featuring during November 2015. The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling is in its first season. Follow the adventures of Bess, Edna, and Wilmer. At Suffrage…
Continue Reading“10 Days in a Madhouse” film opens in November 2015 on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe that has been publishing since March 2015, Women’s History Month. Catch up on the past programs. I had the pleasure recently of interviewing Susan Goforth and Timothy Hines. Susan is the producer and her husband Timothy Hines,…
Continue Reading“Marguerite’s Musings” is a regular feature! on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns This posting is more appropriately called “Marguerite’s Fumings.” For those of you who have been following Suffrage Wagon News Channel during 2015, you’re well aware of the preview coverage I’ve given to the “Suffragette” film from the UK. Sure, there are aspects of the film I…
Continue ReadingEpisode #7: Wilmer Kearns courts Edna Buckman with his storytelling on Vimeo. We’re moving toward the day when Edna, Wilmer and Bess (Edna’s best friend) are active in the women’s suffrage movement. But long before that, we meet them in 1903 when they’re young. Their direction in life is still in formation. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT INTERESTED THE YOUNG…
Continue ReadingEpisode #4: How Bess got in trouble for reading Mary Wollstonecraft! on Vimeo. The problems for Bess started when her parents discovered a forbidden book under her bedroom mattress. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) started Bess on the path of finding other books that presented the idea…
Continue ReadingSuffrage Storytelling is how we reach out to teachers, students & American history fans! on Vimeo. SUFFRAGE WAGON CAFE PROGRAM on Suffrage Storytelling by Marguerite Kearns, your cafe host. On the street where Edna grew up in Philadelphia, her best friend Bess became an outsider compared to most of the other young women interested…
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