Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Happy holidays from those of us at Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. The Inez Milholland petition campaign is winding down. If you haven’t added your name, please do so! Will a presidential citizens’ medal be lost in the transition of one administration to another? Perhaps. We’re concerned. And the way of addressing this? Do the…
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 ReadingWagons used in the Suffrage Movement! on Vimeo. The New York State suffrage centennial is on the horizon. For so long it seemed as if 2017 was far off in the future. No longer. Plan to see the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon at the New York State Museum during 2017. Details when they become available….
Continue ReadingHonor Inez Milholland during the centennial of her death! on Vimeo. Welcome to the Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Step up to the plate and give a hand to the campaign to ask President Obama to award Inez Milholland with a presidential medal. This special program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe asks for your help in signing the…
Continue Reading2016 has lots of events and celebrations for women’s suffrage history! on Vimeo. We’re celebrating August 26th during 2016 by spreading the word about events, programs, and observances on Suffrage Wagon News Channel as well as our sister site, SuffrageCentennials.com Stay in touch about the campaign to make August 26th a national holiday. Follow updates about…
Continue ReadingIt’s the birthday of Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr. If you haven’t ordered your free copy of the new 15-minute film, “Forward Into Light,” do so now by visiting the web site for the production: InezMilholland.org The film poster is $20. But the film itself is free. You heard that right: FREE. If you’re a…
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 ReadingThe online journal and database, “Women and Social Movements in the United States” is engaged in several crowdsourcing projects to create a new online biographical dictionary of the woman suffrage movement in the U.S. Over the past few months volunteers have written brief biographies of Black women suffragists and militant suffragists who supported the National…
Continue ReadingMarch 2016 is Women’s History Month, and the perfect occasion to introduce Inez Miholland as America’s suffrage martyr. Visit the Inez Milholland centennial web site. It has resources for your educational programs. And there are only six days left to contribute to the Inez Milholland film, a special production of Wild West Women. The…
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