Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
And you thought the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon was safely tucked away in a warehouse of the New York State Museum near Albany, NY. Wrong! The security team at the museum warehouse will note the wagon is in its usual place. However, the wagon’s 1776 spirit is heading out in late September for…
Continue ReadingRosalie Gardiner Jones of Long Island drove a yellow horse-drawn wagon that on occasion campaigned with Edna Kearns and the “Spirit of 1776” campaign wagon. Among Long Island’s suffragists, Rosalie knew how to reach out to the movers and shakers. She also networked with other grassroots activists ands reached out to the public by standing…
Continue ReadingIf there’s a book that’s rocking the cradle of the women’s rights movement in NYS, it’s Long Island and the Woman Suffrage Movement by Antonia Petrash. The History Press recently published the work, and it adds volumes to what has been revealed about the island. Long Island historian Natalie Naylor has also covered considerable ground…
Continue ReadingThe fall is a terrific time for travel, and the blogging bus headed to the Cradle of the women’s rights movement in the US is ready to hit the road. Join us! Sign up for the free tour. Enjoy a road trip through upstate New York, the “Cradle.” While it’s still warm outside, squeeze in…
Continue ReadingSign up for a free tour of the cradle of the women’s rights movement in the US Late September is a great time to take a trip when the leaves are turning and soon to be at their peak. We want you to join us on a free tour of the “cradle” of the women’s…
Continue ReadingIt’s August and there were too many news notes for our posting at the start of the month. So Wilmer Kearns is stepping up to the plate: We’ve been watching the progression of a great film from Holland, “Ahoy,” that features, among other courageous women, American suffragist Inez Milholland, the suffrage martyr who died for…
Continue ReadingVideo and audio about August 26th or Women’s Equality Day, available now. Plus an audio reading of the 1971 resolution that passed Congress. Video: “Rap and Roll the Suffrage Wagon” celebrates August 26th. Audio: Amelia Bowen reads the text of the Women’s Equality Day resolution that passed the US Congress in 1971. Audio: T. Fowler’s…
Continue ReadingThe continuing story of the suffragists’ demonstration at the nation’s centennial celebration in Philadelphia in early July 1876. This important part of American history and women’s history is being published in four parts. Find out how the 19th amendment came about. by Elizabeth Cady Stanton . . . With this rebuff, Mrs. Mott and I…
Continue ReadingFirst, there’s the preparation for the celebration you’re going to have on or about August 26th, Women’s Equality Day. The National Women’s History Project has all sorts of cool things to buy to make things easy. Balloons, posters, buttons. Guests love take home items and prancing around wearing buttons. You add the invitations, the goodies,…
Continue ReadingChef Cutting is revealing his secrets at this first lesson of the Suffrage Wagon Cooking School with a step-by-step guide on how to roast corn now that corn’s in season. Let’s go for it. Video. This recipe is splendid, whether you’re cooking on a grill or in your oven, during the summer or year round….
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