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Support Suffrage Storytelling during Season I: Drama, action, and fun! on Vimeo. Happy holidays from “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling. Season I continues with Bess, Wilmer and Edna. Meet Jonathan Geffner, ventriloquist, a special guest on Suffrage Storytelling. We’re up to Episode #9. Watch the videos and catch up with past episodes. Did you see the…
Continue ReadingSpecial program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe on November 8, 2015 about the upcoming film, “10 Days in a Madhouse” that’s opening this coming week in theaters across the U.S. Follow Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Facebook and Twitter. Quarterly newsletters just by signing up. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has video platform on Vimeo. In your free time, meet…
Continue ReadingParticipate in a contest to bring more people into the fold who know about American history and women’s place in it. Womenon20s.org commissioned the above image and shared it with the U.S Treasury. Each of the individuals shown worked tirelessly for women’s rights and what is taken for granted today. Name The People Contest: No…
Continue Reading“Marguerite’s Musings” is a regular feature! on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns This posting is more appropriately called “Marguerite’s Fumings.” For those of you who have been following Suffrage Wagon News Channel during 2015, you’re well aware of the preview coverage I’ve given to the “Suffragette” film from the UK. Sure, there are aspects of the film I…
Continue ReadingEpisode #7: Wilmer Kearns courts Edna Buckman with his storytelling on Vimeo. We’re moving toward the day when Edna, Wilmer and Bess (Edna’s best friend) are active in the women’s suffrage movement. But long before that, we meet them in 1903 when they’re young. Their direction in life is still in formation. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT INTERESTED THE YOUNG…
Continue ReadingThe fall issue of the Suffrage Wagon News Channel quarterly newsletter is coming soon. Make sure you’re subscribed. A great deal of information is being shared about upcoming events and celebrations. The “Suffragette” film links below are courtesy of June Purvis, an advisor to the film and an extra in the production. The film opens October…
Continue ReadingEpisode #6: Wilmer Kearns tries to win over Edna with his storytelling on Vimeo. By Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe which opened its doors in March 2015, Women’s History Month. Catch up on past programs. Wilmer Kearns (my grandftaher) is complicating the story, as Edna’s best friend Bess points out. Wilmer’s determined…
Continue Reading“American Woman Suffrage Postcards” by Kenneth Florey on Vimeo. DISCOVERY OF HISTORIC ARTIFACT IMAGE IN NEW BOOK by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe, open since March 2015. Check out back programs. As I held Kenneth Florey’s book in my hands recently, I felt a surge of delight in flipping the pages for…
Continue ReadingBirthday party in 2015 featuring Waterford Stanley wood-burning cook stove! on Vimeo. Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is celebrating its first birthday this summer. We started the cooking school with corn last year. Why? Because of the corn Edna Kearns canned for demonstration purposes that got her out in the community to reach…
Continue ReadingEpisode #3: Bess introduces Wilmer Kearns on “Suffrage Storytelling” on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Wilmer Kearns had no idea of what would be ahead of him when he first met Edna May Buckman in 1903 at a Philadelphia art exhibit. They were both students, but the fact they hadn’t been “properly introduced” upset Edna’s family. During…
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