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Suffrage Movement

Documentary Explores Erie Canal’s Role in Shaping America

June 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erie Canal in 1829The new documentary Floating Ideas: How the Erie Canal Helped Shape America is set to premier on WCNY-TV on June 29th at 9 pm. The half-hour documentary examines the spread of ideas along the Erie Canal with emphasis on women’s rights, suffrage, and the quest for social justice. [Read more…] about Documentary Explores Erie Canal’s Role in Shaping America

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Documentary, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Marguerite Kearns: Unfinished Women’s Rights Revolution (Podcast)

June 11, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast the guest is Marguerite Kearns, author of Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press, 2021). The book explores how Edna Buckman Kearns’s focus on women’s suffrage and world peace affected her family then and now. [Read more…] about Marguerite Kearns: Unfinished Women’s Rights Revolution (Podcast)

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Podcasts, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Layered Citizenship: Amended Podcast’s Final Episode

May 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Amended PodcastWhen the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, millions of Native American women still could not vote. The U.S. government did not recognize them as citizens. And if U.S. citizenship required renouncing tribal sovereignty, many Native women didn’t want it. But early-twentieth-century writer, composer, and activist Zitkála-Šá was determined to fight for both. [Read more…] about Layered Citizenship: Amended Podcast’s Final Episode

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Indigenous History, Native American History, Podcasts, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Author Asks: What Was The Suffrage Movement Really Like?

April 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

An Unfinished RevolutionMarguerite Kearns started asking questions about her suffragist grandmother Edna Buckman Kearns when she was ten years old. She couldn’t understand why no photos of Edna were displayed in the home where she was raised. She realized later that family members hadn’t processed the grief of Edna’s death in 1934. They loved her, and reminders of family history, including photos, made the matter worse. [Read more…] about Author Asks: What Was The Suffrage Movement Really Like?

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Songs Of The Women’s Suffrage Movement Watch Party Monday

March 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Suffrage Singer provided by Crandall LibraryThe Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls has announced the return of its Folklife After Hours Series with Songs Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women by Tisha Dolton, set for Monday, March 29th. [Read more…] about Songs Of The Women’s Suffrage Movement Watch Party Monday

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Folklife Center, Performing Arts, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Suffrage Virtual House Party With Marguerite Kearns

March 16, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Edna Buckman Kearns, Serena Kearns, and Irene Davison on the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagonIn celebration of Women’s History Month, Peace Action New York State — one of the largest peace activist groups in New York — has announced a Virtual House Party on March 19th with author and activist Marguerite Kearns, who will discuss her soon-to-be-released book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press; June, 2021). [Read more…] about Suffrage Virtual House Party With Marguerite Kearns

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

March 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ida B. Wells Barnett, in a photograph by Mary Garrity from c. 1893Born enslaved in Mississippi in 1862, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett dedicated her life to fighting for racial and gender equality. She was a journalist, suffragist, advocate of racial justice, and anti-lynching activist. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Black History, Crime and Justice, Journalism, National Archives, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Suffragist Kearns Family Is Subject Of Forthcoming Book

March 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

An Unfinished RevolutionAn Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press, coming in June 2021) covers the life of a reporter and activist during a tumultuous time in American history — the early women’s rights movement. [Read more…] about Suffragist Kearns Family Is Subject Of Forthcoming Book

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Political History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Suffrage Centennial Exhibit Now on Display in Seneca Falls

March 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Radical Optimism exhibit entranceThe Women’s Rights National Historical Park and The Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park have announced the opening of Radical Optimism: The Enduring Power of the Women Who Won the Vote, a new exhibit at the Fall Street Visitor Center in Seneca Falls, NY. [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial Exhibit Now on Display in Seneca Falls

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: exhibits, Seneca Falls, Suffrage Movement, Women's Rights NHP, womens history

Women’s Rights Park Offers Digital Collection of Hunt Papers

December 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Women’s Rights National Historical Park has announced the digital availability of a set of personal and business papers held by the Jane and Richard Hunt family.

The Hunt Family Papers include over 1,100 plans, contracts, essays, store records, and correspondence dating from 1828 to 1856. [Read more…] about Women’s Rights Park Offers Digital Collection of Hunt Papers

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Suffrage Movement, Women, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, womens history

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