Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
This votes for women organizing was part of an intense 1915 campaign that had activists running from dawn to dusk for most of the year. Four states –New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York– put the suffrage issue to the voters in 1915. And thousands of activists were busy doing what Edna Kearns is shown…
Continue ReadingThis audio selection is from Doris Stevens’ book, Jailed For Freedom, a selection that highlights the Christmas day ceremony at the nation’s Capitol in memory of Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr. The reading is by Librivox. See other coverage about Inez Milholland on SuffrageCentennials.com. The centennial observance of her death is in 2016. Happy holidays!…
Continue ReadingEnjoy a blast from the past with a holiday story about Edna Kearns. Image is from the Library of Congress. VIDEO violin recital to celebrate the two birthdays: Martha Wright and Edna Kearns. Celebrate women’s freedom to vote. Activists like these and many others were “there” for us. Let’s be “there” for them by voting…
Continue ReadingThis is a sister to the “Spirit of 1776” wagon that inspired this web site. This suffrage wagon (photo left) has been exhibited in recent years at the Smithsonian where it is part of the permanent collection. Let’s get both of these wagons on exhibit at upcoming suffrage centennials. MEASUREMENTS of suffrage wagon in the…
Continue ReadingVIDEO about the annual ritual of writing down what we want for the holidays. No news yet from the U.S. Congress about the prospect of moving the “Votes for Women” heritage trail out from the dungeon and onto the floor of Congress. But there’s been considerable speculation about the possibility of the proposed Harriet Tubman…
Continue ReadingHappy 5th Birthday, Suffrage Wagon News Channel with a video from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo. Yes, five years of plugging along with this web site is something to brag about, or perhaps weep. In any event, it’s time to celebrate. Have fun with the birthday jingle and then… Tune into an audio program about a suffrage…
Continue ReadingONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO: A review of the suffrage “hike” or march to Albany, New York in January 1914, a little over 100 years ago. My grandparents Edna Kearns, Wilmer Kearns, and my mother’s older sister Serena Kearns started out from New York City on January 1, 1914 with Rosalie Jones and a band of…
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School. And we’re looking forward to making Chinese fortune cookies for Chinese New Year!! Follow the Suffrage Wagon for news and views of the suffrage movement. Celebrate women’s freedom to vote and find out about the suffrage movement in all of its manifestations. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel with email…
Continue ReadingVideo about following the Suffrage Wagon on its ride to freedom. The street speaking of Edna Kearns in Nashville, Tennessee 100 years ago is the topic and you can find out more on “Marguerite’s Musings”. [vimeo 111960414 w=500 h=281] SPECIAL FROM “THE OWL” (Long Island): November 29,1914: “Miss Rosalie Jones organized a squad of speakers on nearly…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns I heard the story about the Tennessee governor when I was young. Yes, in back in 1914 the governor of Tennessee listened to grandmother Edna Kearns’ suffrage speech in the rain. No one bothered to tell me where this happened. It could have been at Long Beach on Long Island for all I…
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