Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Hazel MacKaye (photo above) was riding high in 1914 when her pageant, “The American Woman: Six Periods of American Life” was performed at the Seventy-first Regimental Armory (sponsored by the New York City Men’s League for Equal Suffrage). It was a cutting-edge production that milked the potential for drama and social commentary. Edna Buckman Kearns…
Continue ReadingThe online journal and database, “Women and Social Movements in the United States” is engaged in several crowdsourcing projects to create a new online biographical dictionary of the woman suffrage movement in the U.S. Over the past few months volunteers have written brief biographies of Black women suffragists and militant suffragists who supported the National…
Continue ReadingMy Dear Friends, One of the real pleasures of working with the National Women’s History Project is when we actually get to “write women back into history.” We have a special opportunity this year, and I hope you’ll support and benefit from the Inez Milholland Centennial. This new project of the NWHP will shine the…
Continue ReadingA group of grassroots activists and a California Congresswoman have joined forces to honor suffragist Inez Milholland on the centennial of her death while campaigning for Votes for Women. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) has submitted a nomination to President Obama for Milholland (1886-1916) to be awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal in 2016. This second highest…
Continue ReadingHelp us celebrate a major media campaign defining 2015. We’ve been spreading the word about the ongoing effort to support the New York State Museum in putting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage Wagon on permanent exhibit. We were thrilled when Newsday (Long Island, NY) published a two-page spread in June 2015 about the campaign. The effort…
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Fun building on women’s history, past hard work and accomplishments! from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo. A star for Inez Milholland, America’s women’s suffrage martyr on Vimeo. Happy holidays from the people at Suffrage Wagon News Channel! on Vimeo. A Wish for Santa: Support Permanent Exhibit of “Spirit of 1776” Wagon! on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns…
Continue ReadingSupport 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 ReadingWomen’s Suffrage Holiday News Notes on Vimeo. Happy Thanksgiving from Marguerite Kearns and Suffrage Wagon News Channel with this video of news notes! It’s an overview of the postings we’ve been featuring during November 2015. The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage storytelling is in its first season. Follow the adventures of Bess, Edna, and Wilmer. At Suffrage…
Continue Reading“10 Days in a Madhouse” film opens in November 2015 on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe that has been publishing since March 2015, Women’s History Month. Catch up on the past programs. I had the pleasure recently of interviewing Susan Goforth and Timothy Hines. Susan is the producer and her husband Timothy Hines,…
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…
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