Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
If we’re counting on state bureaucracies, things always take longer than we think. The process of putting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon on exhibition always takes longer than anticipated.And the same is true of an equal rights amendment to the US Constitution. There is a 300+ coalition of organizations working on it now….
Continue ReadingCOLUMN FROM MARGUERITE KEARNS I started with evaluating my emphasis on my feet. They are neglected in general, says my exercise teacher. And reluctantly I admitted that the category of my mind and that of spirit are given more emphasis than my body. Yikes. This is something I have to correct. That’s why I registered…
Continue ReadingThe Smithsonian has a suffrage wagon used by Lucy Stone in votes for women grassroots organizing.
Continue ReadingTwo videos that bring the first wave of the women’s rights movement onto your mobile device or home page. We’ve been publishing since 2009.
Continue ReadingAuthor Kenneth Florey has a long history with Suffrage Wagon News Channel. He has contributed columns and special images that have been important in the building of an understanding of the grassroots use of horse-drawn wagons and automobiles in organizing for votes for women. We’ve enjoyed reading his books from McFarland Press about suffrage movement…
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Continue ReadingDr. Helen Pankhurst is the granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst whose book, Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now was released this year, the suffrage centennial observance of women in Great Britain receiving the partial right to vote. Full suffrage was approved in 1928. There are…
Continue ReadingIt’s August and fresh corn is coming in from the fields. Don’t boil it or keep it in the fridge until it’s hard and stale. Rush immediately to the best source of fresh corn and cook it ASAP. Chef Cutting shares his secrets as well as a delicious way to roast corn with the husks…
Continue ReadingThe vote is precious—USE IT! on Vimeo. With only a few days left until Election 2016, we’re reminding everyone of the long and difficult struggle from 1848 to 1920, the suffrage leaders, and the tens of thousands of grassroots activists across the nation who worked for decades to win this basic right. Follow the journeys…
Continue Reading“Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary” now in paperback! on Vimeo. IN SUFFRAGE NEWS: Safiya Bandele, who presents a performance piece about Ida B. Wells suffrage activist, is part of video panel honoring the feminine principle. Find out about the book “Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary” now in paperback. Sign the digital petition asking President Obama to award America’s…
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