Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
by Marguerite Kearns One more day to go on the “Night of Terror” blogging. I wouldn’t have predicted I’d make it to the end of this two-week stretch of daily blogging. It’s all for a good reason. November 15, 1917 became a “turning point” in the 72 year struggle for American women to win the right…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns Day #9 and Audio Podcast #4 in the “Night of Terror” observance. Join me in finding out about the aftermath of the November 14, 1917 arrests and the women committed to Occoquan Workhouse. This is covered in Podcast #4 of the “Night of Terror” series. Word leaked out about the brutalities and attacks…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns Day #8. I actually wondered if I could fit daily blogging until November 15th (the “Night of Terror”) into my busy schedule. It’s amazing what’s possible and this project is worth the extra time. Join the group of suffrage pickets by listening to this third podcast as they arrive at the Occoquan Workhousein…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns Day #7. Audio Podcast #2 gets us close to the women of the Occoquan Workhouse We get to know them as people. The “Night of Terror” resulted from an official government policy to push the activists from the National Woman’s Party into a corner so they’d back down and stop the picketing the White…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns The picketing of the White House started in January of 1917 and went on for over a year. Standing in front of the White House gates with a picket sign was no walk in the park. So, a cup of hot tea and some goodies must have sounded terrific at the end of…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns It’s November 2nd. Day #2 of the two-week “Night of Terror” observance. This is a heavy-duty excursion into the history of the American suffrage movement. The folks planning for a suffragist memorial outside of Washington, DC in Lorton, Virginia are reaching out for help. So buckle your seat belt if you plan to…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns The other day a friend of mine asked me for homework? “What do you mean?” I responded. I couldn’t help but consider the question a joke. Then the talk grew serious. She really wanted a video, a podcast, or a crash course on the suffrage movement, an exciting part of American history. Either…
Continue ReadingSuffrage centennials are getting a lot of play these days. There’s a special web site devoted to suffrage centennials in the U.S. and around the world, plus specials such as programming on Albany, NY public radio about the upcoming election called “Susan B. Anthony Voted. Did you?” Don’t miss the upcoming “Night of Terror” podcasts to…
Continue ReadingNew video for this posting. An overview of the audio podcast series. Plus a reminder about how the time is right to combine a fall trip to see the colorful landscape with events in Seneca Falls, NY. Get a shot of inspiration by watching the Seneca Falls video from Suffrage Wagon News Channel. When planning…
Continue ReadingThis week’s release of the new graphic novel, Sally Heathcote: Suffragette and Chanel’s version of a Votes for Women parade are headliners this week. Audio Podcast #5 of the series “Playing Politics with the President” will be postponed until Thursday. We’re pushing everything aside to talk about the release of the suffrage movement graphic novel,…
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