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Women's Suffrage

New Warren, Wash Co Suffragists Exhibit Open

March 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Warren County Historical SocietyThe Warren County Historical Society (WCHS) has announced a new exhibit, “Warren and Washington County Suffragists: 1883-1920,” set to run through May 26, 2020. [Read more…] about New Warren, Wash Co Suffragists Exhibit Open

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Adirondacks, Suffrage Movement, Warren County, Warren County Historical Society, Washington County, Women's Suffrage

19th Century Women of Newburgh Bay

February 27, 2020 by Michael Green 3 Comments

Map showing location of Downing house and grounds and Monell houseIn the 2018 film On the Basis of Sex, young firebrand Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes dramatic use of Abigail Adams’ 1776 admonition to “remember the ladies.” Sadly, Abigail’s husband, future President John Adams, spurned her request to consider property rights and other protections for women in drafting a legal framework for the rebellious colonies. [Read more…] about 19th Century Women of Newburgh Bay

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Cultural History, Newburgh, Women's History Month, Women's Suffrage, womens history

Redesigned Women’s Suffrage Statue Approved For Central Park

October 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rendering of the statue to be built in New Yorks Central Park

The New York City Public Design Commission has approved the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument placement in Central Park.  The statue of women’s rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, will be the first statue depicting real women in the 165-year history of the park.

The statue was redesigned to include Sojourner Truth after criticism that the original design excluded the contributions of people of color. It’s being sculpted by Meredith Bergmann.

[Read more…] about Redesigned Women’s Suffrage Statue Approved For Central Park

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Historic Preservation, New York City, Suffrage Movement, Women's Suffrage, womens history

Women’s Rights and Justice Conference Details Set

October 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Womens Rights and Justice in New York State Past and Present conferenceThe Women’s Rights Alliance of New York State has announced the schedule for its conference Women’s Rights and Justice in New York State: Past and Present to be held November 1 and 2, 2019 in Syracuse. [Read more…] about Women’s Rights and Justice Conference Details Set

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Conferences, Syracuse, Women's Suffrage, womens history

Central Park Statue Redesigned To Include Sojouner Truth

August 12, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Monumental Women’s Statue Fund announced a redesigned statue to honor pioneering women’s rights advocates – the first statue depicting real women in the 165-year history of New York City’s Central Park.

The redesign comes on the heals of criticism that the original design excluded the contributions of people of color.

The amended design, which still includes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but now adds Sojourner Truth, is expected to be released on Women’s Equality Day, August 26th. [Read more…] about Central Park Statue Redesigned To Include Sojouner Truth

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Historic Preservation, New York City, NYC, Sojouner Truth, suffrage, Suffrage Centennial, Women's Suffrage

Militant Maids of the Lower East Side

August 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

slurs smears and suffrageThe New York State Archives have announced that the program “Anna & Henrietta Mercy: Militant Maids of the Lower East Side”is set for September 8.

Sisters Anna & Henrietta Mercy were a dynamic duo of socialist activism in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  As young children they immigrated to the United States from Austria with their parents in the late 1800s; as young women, they devoted their time and many talents to the East Side Equal Rights League’s agenda of women’s economic and political equality.

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Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Albany, Manhattan, New York State Archives, Women's Suffrage

Women’s Bicycling History Program at Sackets Harbor

July 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

woman and bicycle illustrationA program on the bicycle’s impact on the social status of women in the years before Women’s Suffrage in New York State, led by historian Kjirsten Gustavson wearing her reproduction 1890s bicycle costume, has been set for Saturday July 27th, at 10 am, at Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site. [Read more…] about Women’s Bicycling History Program at Sackets Harbor

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Sackets Harbor, Women's Suffrage, womens history

Women’s Suffrage Lecture At Old Stone Fort

July 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

votes for womenThe Old Stone Fort Museum is set to host a lecture on the long battle for Women’s Suffrage, led by Glens Fall’s Chapman Historical Museum Educator and Celebrating Suffrage in Greater Glens Falls member Kim Harvish, on Thursday, July 25th, at 7 pm.

Harvish will lead participants through some of the most pivotal moments on the long road to the passing of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, starting with the First Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY. [Read more…] about Women’s Suffrage Lecture At Old Stone Fort

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Old Stone Fort, Women's Suffrage

Viewpoint: Rethink The Planned Central Park Suffrage Statue

May 27, 2019 by Alan J. Singer 6 Comments

Frances Ellen Watkins HarperIn May 1866, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a leading African American poet, lecturer and civil right activist, addressed the Eleventh National Women’s Rights Convention in New York City. Other speakers included white suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born to free parents in Baltimore during slavery days. She became a teacher, writer, speaker at abolitionist rallies, and worked with the Philadelphia branch of the Underground Railroad. She was a co-founder and vice president of the National Association of Colored Women and a member of the American Women’s Suffrage Association. [Read more…] about Viewpoint: Rethink The Planned Central Park Suffrage Statue

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Black History, New York City, Women's Suffrage

New Book: Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage

May 26, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn GageMary E. Corey’s new book Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage (Paramount Market Publishing, Inc, 2019), looks at the life of advocate, activist, intellectual, and leader, Matilda Joslyn Gage.

From her first convention speech in 1852 to the publication of her magnum opus, Woman, Church and State, her speeches, writings, and advocacy were and remain an education in women’s history. Gage’s greatest contribution to the women’s movement rests on her scholarship, based on careful research, well documented and written in the best scholarly manner of its time. [Read more…] about New Book: Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage

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

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