Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
The Winter 2013-14 Suffrage Wagon newsletter should be in your email box. If not, here it is. Terrific article about Susan B. Anthony’s organizing sleigh ride throughout New York State at Christmas in 1854. If you read no other article about Susan B. Anthony, this is the one. It shows how Susan took advantage of an…
Continue ReadingBOOKS TO BE AWARE OF: Book by Bonnie Smith about how women’s history relates to young girls today. #1. Book by Susan Goodier about New York State and the campaign to defeat Votes for Women. #1. Publication on the Long Island suffrage movement by Antonia Petrash. #1. As for the plot to kill Susan B….
Continue ReadingI’ve been on retreat at Pendle Hill this week (a Quaker retreat center) and then in the coming week I’m off on a tour of the cradle of the women’s rights movement in the United States with Olivia Twine. Of course, you can come along. Sign up at RockTheCradle.com, and that’s just the beginning. There’s…
Continue ReadingThe continuing story of the suffragists’ protest at the nation’s 1876 celebration of the Declaration of Independence, held in Philadelphia. This year is the 165th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention. Let’s celebrate! by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Among the most enjoyable experiences at our headquarters were the frequent visits of our beloved Lucretia Mott, who…
Continue ReadingExhausted from all the suffrage and women’s history events of last month? It’s only just starting in the Big Picture. This month, April, we’re featuring the anniversary of a large 1911 protest in New York City in response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. There’s a new children’s book on the subject of garment workers,…
Continue ReadingBRIMSTONE, BOOZE AND THE BALLOT Provocative theatrical program explores why one suffrage leader was written out of history Women voters and lovers of American history will discover the inside story of two of the suffrage movement’s founders during Women’s History Month when the background struggle between suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage is…
Continue ReadingNew York City and Long Island suffragist Edna Kearns wrote Votes for Women columns for the newspaper and she responded to letters to the editor! Here, she answers a man who writes to the paper about how women have it good and they should stop complaining. In another piece (below), Edna refers to the big…
Continue ReadingWomen’s History Month means that it has been a busy and active month for suffrage buffs. Also, the suffrage centennial parade march and events the first week in March has had the digital circuits buzzing. Start with the suffrage parade in Washington, DC. Link #1. Link #2. The 1913 march that made history. Link #1. Link…
Continue ReadingThe life of Ida B. Wells (1862 – 1931), activist and suffragist, will be presented in a multi-media performance by Safiya Bandele during Women’s History Month: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 4 p.m. at Brooklyn’s Restoration Plaza Community Room, 1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11216. Ticket includes play, meal, beverage and dessert. The event is presented…
Continue ReadingVIDEO SPECIALS: A tribute to Susan B. Anthony who joins One Billion Rising across the United States and around the world. Susan’s video tribute. LINK. Susan dances with One Billion Rising. LINK. It’s Valentine’s Day, a day of love and caring and respect for those who are special. It’s a perfect day for One Billion…
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