Remember the woman who rode a horse for the freedom of ALL women!

Revive the support for Inez Milholland, the U.S. suffrage martyr! on Vimeo.

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Celebrate March 8, 2021 this coming year by honoring Inez Milholland.

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Bronze statue for Ginsberg, plus news about Washington, DC suffrage statue!

SUFFRAGE STATUE PLANNED FOR WASHINGTON, DC

Back in 2013 when I started blogging on SuffrageCentennials.com, it seemed like an impossible dream to imagine that we would benefit from the cumulative effort of generations of women (and men) working toward equality by supporting a celebration of 100 years of US women voting in 2020.

Now the plans of a major suffragist memorial in Washington, DC (in addition to Turning Point Suffragist Memorial) is really happening. The number of celebrations and observances and all sorts of creative expressions of this magnificent accomplishment is astonishing. We have to keep this momentum increasing in the direction of a climate emergency, planet wide. The pandemic in 2020 is rearranging our priorities and perspectives.

BRONZE STATUE OF RUTH BADER GINSBERG TO BE UNVEILED IN MARCH 2021

A statue of Ruth Bader Ginsberg will be unveiled during Women’s History Month in 2021 in Brooklyn. Stay tuned for details as they become available.

LUCY STONE PROGRAM ON DECEMBER 29, 2020

Register at Eventbrite.com w/ program on December 29, 2020.

UPDATE ON INEZ MILHOLLAND AND A THANK YOU TO AMY WALKER

A thank you to performer Amy Walker for her terrific feature program about Inez Milholland during 2020. Amy and others have kept the story of Inez alive during the past year. “Into Light” is being featured on Amazon Prime, and it’s a terrific way to sense the feeling of the times in which Milhollland lived and died. Support “Into Light” by watching it. And now…what we learned from the nomination of Inez for a national citizens award.

Inez Milholland nominated for Presidential Citizens’ Medal in 2016! on Vimeo.

Our suffrage martyr, Inez Milholland, was nominated for a presidential citizens’ medal in 2016, but it wasn’t granted. There has been a revival of interest during 2020 in our US suffrage martyr, Inez. Keep her memory alive!

Publicity for Inez, as well as any subject, can be challenging. Often it takes many attempts before someone pays attention. The citizens’ medal campaign from 2016 is one example. It laid a base, even if the goal wasn’t realized.

SuffrageCentennials.com is looking ahead to the next big suffrage centennial observance in 2023 when US women will have been working for 100 years to include an Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution. It would be great if we could retire Suffrage Centennials, but the work toward equality continues.

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Historic marker deadline extended. Plus New Year’s ERA Party & Book about a love story!

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL

January 15, 2021 is the new deadline for submission to the National Votes for Women Trail. Completed applications for historic markers should be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time.

DON’T FORGET TO PARTY FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Forget trying to retire SuffrageCentennials.com if the United States still hasn’t passed the Equal Rights Amendment, now referred to as the proposed 28th Amendment to the US Constitution. There is legal action pending and a holiday party planned. The draft Equal Rights Amendment has been kicking around for almost 100 years. Onward…


MARGUERITE KEARNS FACES A HARD QUESTION FROM A READER!

Marguerite has enough on her hands to spread the word about her upcoming book from SUNY Press in June 2021, and yet she has issued a challenge. She is asking readers to present some hard questions about the real people  in her book, “An Unfinished Revolution.” The first one has come in. Contact her at MargueriteKearns at gmail.com

Here’s the first question:

WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOLD YOU THAT BESS, EDNA’S BEST FRIEND, HAD A REPUTATION FOR BEING AN “OLD MAID” AND A “TROUBLEMAKER?”

STAY TUNED TO LOG INTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON—

Unfinished-Revolution.com

Here on SuffrageCentennials.com, we’re putting a human face on American history while we’re including women in the national story.

Join the centennial celebration with Edna Kearns and the 1915 NYS suffrage referendum on Vimeo.

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There’s a web platform for the book by Marguerite Kearns about one family and how the early women’s rights movement made a difference up to and including today. Check it out.

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Holiday greetings from SuffrageCentennials.com

Link to the award-winning video with music from Eighty Bugg that honors Edna Kearns and the tens of thousands of those who stepped forward to work for women’s right to vote.

FREE SUFFRAGE BOOK: DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 15TH

The 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative is offering friends the opportunity to receive a book celebrating the Nineteenth Amendment and to have copies sent to some of your supporters and members without cost.

The WVCI partnered with the British publisher St. James House in London on a handsome illustrated book marking the women’s suffrage centennial and promoting advances for women since then.  Delayed like everything else, it will be published the spring of 2021. The working title is A Vote for Women.

St. James has asked WVCI to submit 1,000 names, mail and email addresses of individuals interested in women’s rights and voting rights who would appreciate and share the book. Needed are the names and mailing addresses (for mailing books) and email addresses (for e-books and book launch invitations) of individuals by Tuesday, December 15. Any information provided will remain confidential and will only be used for this purpose.  A virtual book launch is scheduled for late March 2021. Send names to RobertCooney@ebold.com.

Get busy baking to honor a suffrage activist at Suffrage Wagon Cooking School! on Vimeo.

News updates from Suffrage Wagon News Channel

Don’t forget the holiday gift ideas available at the National Women’s History Alliance web site.

The UCR concert band performed an arrangement of “Standing on the Shoulders,” a theme song of the 2020 suffrage centennial. Bravo to composer Joyce Rouse.

WOOD-BURNING STOVE IS USED AT SUFFRAGE WAGON COOKING SCHOOL

Suffrage Wagon Cooking School relies on its wood-burning stove to produce great treats, tea and coffee that’s served at the Suffrage Wagon Cafe.

SuffrageCentennials.com has been promoting special events and celebrations since 2013.

Check out the web platform for the book by Marguerite Kearns—An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights. It will be released by SUNY Press in June of 2021.

 

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Go to the source for Suffrage Centennial Gift Guide from NWHA in 2020!

There’s a direct source online for the fabulous gift guide for suffrage gifts and it’s not too late to be checking gifts off your list.

Bob Cooney and the National Women’s History Alliance are carrying the torch.

Link to the gift guide directly.

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Happy Thanksgiving—from SuffrageCentennials.com

Check out a new update from the National Women’s History Alliance that’s available on their web site, a fabulous array of what is available for gift ideas for you, your friends, and family members. It’s quite an offering of what’s out there. We’ll be sending you a link for the entire gift guide that is a gift in itself.

This is what SuffrageCentennials.com was blogging about in 2016.

Women’s Suffrage Thanksgiving News Notes on Vimeo.

Suffrage News about early women’s rights movement activists!! on Vimeo.

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Happy Thanksgiving with a message from Marguerite Kearns!

Celebrating 100 years since the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is something to be thankful for! No social movement is without its challenges and contradictions.

A HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM MARGUERITE KEARNS

“Learning about the women’s suffrage movement hasn’t without its challenges. For me in my writing, this has involved what to include in my writing and what to leave out for reasons of space, reasonable privacy concerns, as well as the compromises and utter frustration of some activists working for generations without expected results. Winning voting rights was extremely difficult in its time.

“Over the 20th century, many attitudes have shifted. The winning of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was generally marginalized and not considered relevant when I was attending school. When I started blogging in 2009, most folks had no idea what I was talking about when I used the word ‘suffrage.’ Their eyes glazed over. Many people yawned in my face.

“I blogged until I found others like me who wanted to reverse the silence, secrets, and marginalization. I had an amusing term for others like me—cradle rockers. The year 2020 is astonishing in terms of what many Americans are learning and thinking about. The decentralized and once radical movement of women’s voting rights has taken on a life of its own.”

Marguerite Kearns

“An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights” is in the publishing pipeline by SUNY Press (State University of New York) for release in June 2021.

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Add your support to making August 26th a national holiday!

We support US women recognized and acknowledged in the list of national holidays. Check with the National Women’s History Alliance for updates.

Put a human face on history. Follow the path leading to SUNY Press (State University of NY) and the press publishing the story of Edna and Wilmer Kearns and their involvement in the early women’s rights movement. Release expected in June of 2021.

 

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Gift ideas for the holidays and special occasions!

Go to the web site for the National Women’s History Alliance!

IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE WORKING ON YOUR OWN FAMILY ARCHIVE

 

 

 

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Greetings from Suffrage Centennials on October 30th…!

Check out the 2020 suffrage centennial updates.

Suffrage centennials are taking on more importance than ever before! a video on Vimeo.

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