Suffrage Centennials

Bess tells about Wilmer Kearns and Edna Buckman meeting in secret! on Vimeo.

More of the drama is revealed in the book, An Unfinished Revolution” by Marguerite Kearns. Visit the book’s digital platform.

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Start planning now for Women’s History Month in March. And we’re working on building support to make August 26th, Women’s Equality Day, a national holiday. Have you signed a petition? Have you done your part in getting support from your state or organization?

Get ready for Women’s History Month in March! on Vimeo.

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A Nellie Bly special: Trade Cards from the collection of Kenneth Florey on Vimeo.

WHY WERE TEAHOUSES POPULAR OVER 100 YEARS AGO?

Who would have thought that the popularity of suffrage tea houses in the early women’s rights campaigning had to do with bathrooms?

City public places often didn’t have bathrooms for women. And the Market Street tea house in downtown Philadelphia became a place for voting rights meetings as well a place where Edna and Wilmer met as a place to get to know each other.

FIND OUT THE STORY OF HOW EDNA AND WILMER FELL IN LOVE IN THE BOOK BY MARGUERITE KEARNS.

Suffrage Storytelling is included in the book by Marguerite Kearns… on Vimeo.

Unfinished-Revolution.com has been publishing since 2020.

We need your help in building a support infrastructure for making August 26th a national holiday!

2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative continues sharing news about centennial activity through the end of this year. WVCI hosted two programs with the National Archives on the centennial celebration itself—what happened and what was learned from it. Visit 2020Centennial.org

Inez Milholland French Onion Soup at Suffrage Wagon Cooking School on Vimeo.

Suffrage history advocates did cartwheels to get attention for suffrage centennials and certain issues. This video, above, honors Inez Milholland, the US suffrage martyr.

In the event that my friends have the impression that I’m a one-channel station, take a look at the video about the Española Farmers Market in New Mexico where I’m been blogging and documenting images of produce since 2007. October is usually the last month before farmers’ markets close for the season. Here’s a sampling in the video I made a few years ago.

The Espanola Farmers Market in New Mexico! on Vimeo.

I have also been blogging about my grandmother Edna’s suffrage campaign wagon and related news since 2009 on Suffrage Wagon News Channel.

And I’m spreading the word about my book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.

Of course, there are suffrage centennials to follow as long as necessary. SuffrageCentennials.com has been publishing since 2013.

Marguerite Kearns’s book highlights her grandmother, Edna Kearns! on Vimeo.

Choose the VOTE and use it: Don’t forget! on Vimeo.

Suggestions for celebrations at Suffrage Centennials! on Vimeo.

WHY WE AREN’T RETIRING SUFFRAGECENTENNIALS.COM

by Marguerite Kearns

I thought that it might be necessary to retire SuffrageCentennials.com after all of the suffrage and women’s rights activities of 2020. We couldn’t have imagined the bipartisan support for the recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Sad to say that the efforts of those wishing to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution have been fiercely opposed. The ERA was drafted almost 100 years ago in 1923 by suffrage activist Alice Paul. The United States is behind in terms of guaranteeing equal rights to women, more than half of the US voting public.

WILL THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT BE ADDED TO THE US CONSTITUTION?

Our specialty over the past decade has been to send reminder emails about upcoming events and special activities. For more than a decade we were promoting a mostly volunteer voting rights movement to take place in 2020. It happened. Great work!

And now what? More opposition? Voting restrictions? The activists of the early 20th century women’s voting rights movement would be horrified to discover that zeal and determination to restrict voting rights.

We also have opposition to the basics of constitutional protection. An Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution. This is unacceptable.

Don’t give up, says an active and persistent advocate, Sylvia Cruz in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Generations of us have been passing the torch, I’m adding to the appeal. WE have moved this far due to persistence and determination.

Let’s celebrate who we are, what we have accomplished together, and more. Stand firm and pass the torch!

Women are written into U.S. history! from Marguerite Kearns on Vimeo.

SuffrageCentennials.com has been publishing since 2013.

We need your help in building a support infrastructure for making August 26th a national holiday!

Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is inspired by Toshi Seeger, Hudson River filmmaker & activist! on Vimeo.

We love Toshi Seeger for her work in the Hudson Valley of New York State and the nation by bringing together activism and cooking.

Suffrage Wagon Cooking School is a program of Suffrage Wagon News Channel.

UPDATE FROM MARGUERITE KEARNS

… When I worked for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, I remember Toshi Seeger boiling up Stone Soup, her signature dish for potlucks and special events.

Pete Seeger’s aunt, Anita Pollitzer, was a well-known suffrage activist with the National Woman’s Party who worked for the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in the US.

And Toshi’s Stone Soup inspired many volunteers in the programs of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater over the years since the launching of the replica sloop in 1969. The sloop was a familiar sight on the Hudson River for decades.

TOSHI’S STONE SOUP AT POTLUCKS FOR HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INSPIRED MANY TO GET INVOLVED IN RIVER CLEANUP

Women Voters: Remember that Food and Activism go together! on Vimeo.

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Keep in mind the book, An Unfinished Revolution, by Marguerite Kearns.

Get ready for Women’s History Month in March! on Vimeo.

It may seem early to promote March and Women’s History Month. But it’s not too late to be thinking about it!

There are more than 2800 people who have signed the August 26th petition on change.com. Have you?

Have you circulated this with your friends? The goal is to reach over 100,000 by next year,

https://www.change.org/p/elevate-women-s-equality-day-to-a-federal-holiday

Listen to Bob Cudmore interview Marguerite Kearns about her book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights on “The Historians.”

“THE HISTORIANS” IS SPREADING THE WORD…

Link to The Historians radio program from New York State.

Take your voting rights seriously by walking in your ancestors’ shoes! on Vimeo.

by Marguerite Kearns

We walk in our ancestors’ shoes to understand more fully what the situation was like over 100+ years ago. Then we shift back into receiving the torch of freedom from prior generations and adjusting activism to what we’re facing today. This is what happens to me when I view the long and difficult campaigning efforts to expand voting rights. Prior generations primarily consisted of volunteers. They did what they could and passed the torch to the next generation to celebrate the accomplishments and tackle the ongoing challenges.

SuffrageCentennials.com couldn’t go offline after the 2020 suffrage centennial. There’s still work to be done. We’ve been publishing since 2013.