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The 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 ReadingEpisode #5. Bess and Edna argue about marriage and other things on Vimeo. Bess and Edna may have been the best of friends, but often they didn’t agree. Edna read Mary Wollstonecraft’s classic work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman because Bess insisted. And Edna agreed that when women were treated like second-class citizens, they…
Continue ReadingEpisode #4: How Bess got in trouble for reading Mary Wollstonecraft! on Vimeo. The problems for Bess started when her parents discovered a forbidden book under her bedroom mattress. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) started Bess on the path of finding other books that presented the idea…
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 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…
Continue ReadingOur hats off to Suffrage Wagon Cooking School recipes! on Vimeo. When a birthday rolls around, we take advantage of it. Espacially when Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is in the spotlight for its first birthday party. We’re highlighting some of our best recipes as part of the August 26th programming. An overview of some cooking school videos…
Continue ReadingHelp is needed to crowd-fund an effort to document the stories of women activists by raising $75,000 before Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2015. WomensActivism.NYC is the hub for a five-year celebration of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in New York City. The first big event, “Declaration of Sentiments: The Remix, A Celebration of the Women’s Suffrage…
Continue ReadingBeing an Independent Woman in 1903 wasn’t easy! Find out more on “Suffrage Storytelling” on Vimeo. COMING SOON: We’ll meet Wilmer Kearns who starts complicating young Edna’s life because she wanted to go slowly out into the world and not get tangled in a romance, at least not right away. “SUFFRAGE STORYTELLING” so far: Episode #1…
Continue Reading95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Vimeo. by Marguerite Kearns Welcome to Suffrage Wagon Cafe that opened its doors in March 2015 during Women’s History Month. Check for back programs. Honor Bella Abzug. She made sure the U.S. Congress designated August 26th to commemorate the ratification of the 19th Amendment to…
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