A women’s suffrage myth and free e-book: Marguerite’s Musings

“Jailed for Freedom” by Doris Stevens is featured book on Suffrage Bookshelf on Vimeo. You can listen to the “Jailed for Freedom” book read free on Librivox. by Marguerite Kearns Have you heard the perspective referred to above that has been getting spread around lately? It compares the English and American suffrage movements and concludes that the English…

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Get prepared for the release of the “Suffragette” film from the U.K. in October 2015!

If you do a little homework before the release of the major motion picture, “Suffragette” in October 2015, you’ll be glad you did. Episode 1 of the BBC TV program series is called “The Pankhursts.” by Marguerite Kearns This BBC special introduced the Pankhurst family of English suffrage activists. And subsequent programs developed the story of…

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Special program of Suffrage Wagon Cafe: May 8, 2015 and Eighty Bug!

Award-winning songwriter program & interview with Eighty Bug at Suffrage Wagon Cafe on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to the May 8, 2015 special program of Suffrage Wagon Cafe where we’re featuring Eighty Bug, her music production team, and the Heritage Museum of Orange County (California) for the music video “Spirit of 1776: A New Suffragette…

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NEXT PROGRAM at Suffrage Wagon Cafe: May 8, 2015 and Eighty Bug, performer & songwriter

Congrats to Eighty Bug, the Suffragist Sisters, directors Edwin Carungay, Lesha Maria Rodriguez, and many others… on Vimeo. May 8, 2015: Suffrage Wagon Cafe features an interview with award-winning songwriter and performer Eighty Bug. Plus an extra feature when Eighty shares her dessert recipes with Suffrage Wagon Cooking School. Marguerite Kearns is your host. Follow Suffrage Wagon…

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Washington’s Spies and the link to the “Spirit of 1776” wagon

VIDEO: TURN: Washington’s Spies shows Long Island in 1777 and Suffrage Wagon Cafe program shows what happened 100+ years later on Vimeo. “TURN: Washington’s Spies” Has “Spirit of 1776” Suffrage Wagon Wrinkle by Marguerite Kearns Activist Rosalie Jones was a loose cannon on Long Island back in 1913. She was controversial in public and in her own family….

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Dr. Helen Pankhurst message to American women on Day #4 of Suffrage Wagon Cafe opening festival!

Hi, I’m Marguerite Kearns on our fourth and final day of the opening festivities for Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Today we’re delighted to showcase the message to American women voters from U.K. women’s rights activist Dr. Helen Pankhurst. The casting of Meryl Streep to play English suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in the “Suffragette” film has brought…

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Preview of Day #3 of Suffrage Wagon Cafe four-day festival!

VIDEO: The Anti-Suffrage Movement: Suffrage Wagon Cafe features a video and a book about those who didn’t want women to vote on Vimeo. Marguerite Kearns is your host at Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Facebook and Twitter. Quarterly newsletters just by signing up. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has video platforms on Vimeo and YouTube….

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Day #2 of the Suffrage Wagon Cafe festival: Reporter Nellie Bly goes undercover at a mental hospital

Message from Marguerite Kearns, Suffrage Wagon Cafe host: I’m back on this second day of the women’s history festival celebrating the opening of the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. This four-day festival started with my welcome greeting followed by the opening of the doors of the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. There was even a reminder that when you’re planning your next vacation,…

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