You bet they did, says performer Gerri Gribi. Listen to a two-minute segment of a longer audio interview with Gerri where she discusses the role of music in suffrage activism. Gerri performs suffrage songs for audiences across the country during special programs and celebrations highlighting the suffrage movement and other occasions related to women’s social and musical history. Songs were important in parades. At special teas and receptions it wasn’t uncommon to have a woman performer either sing or play a musical instrument.
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The suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns.
Suffrage Wagon News Channel
- Motorcycle ride to Seneca Falls, NY, plus May 2013 suffrage news notes. suffragewagon.org/?p=6682 #women #wmnhist 4 days ago
- suffragewagon.org/?p=6832 The suffrage wagon shop of the WPU by Kenneth Florey, Part 1. #women #wmnhist 4 days ago
- Part II of article- Suffrage Movement Gets Wheels by Kenneth Florey. #wmnhist #women #usethe19th suffragewagon.org/?p=6660 1 week ago
- Suffrage automobiles: a new form of freedom for women. suffragewagon.org/?p=6520 #wmnhist #women 2 weeks ago
- Tara Bloyd's review of suffrage book for young audiences. suffragewagon.org/?p=6537 2 weeks ago
- Buzz about suffrage wagon centennial, plus news notes. suffragewagon.org/?p=6510 3 weeks ago
Important Links
- Alice Paul Institute
- Chick History
- ElectWomen
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Association
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Her Hat Was in the Ring
- League of Women Voters
- Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation & Home
- National Archives Online
- National Constitution Center
- National Women's History Museum
- National Women's History Project
- New York State Museum
- NYC Women's History Walk
- Organizing Toolbox: Video
- Sewall-Bemont House and Museum
- Songs of the Suffragettes- Recording
- Stanton and Anthony Papers
- Suffrage Memorabilia
- Suffrage Wagon News Channel
- Suffragist Elisabeth Freeman
- Suffragist Oral Histories
- Susan B. Anthony House
- The Women's Museum
- Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
- Women's Heritage Trails
- Women's History Carnival
- Women's Rights National Historic Park (Seneca Falls, NY)
- Womens Enews
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I love it how you are communicating with a personal story, like that of your grandmother. It makes it easier to understand our grandmothers better. Living history is important and it’s extremely meaningful. Thank you for doing this work.
Which suffragists and where and when? Things were very different across the Channel or in the western states or….I do know that the big NYC parades organized by Stanton’s daughter, Harriot Blatch, did not appear to have singing, since the idea was to be very severe and decorous (eyes front, spaces between marchers precise and maintained all the way etc) to prove that women could be disciplined. I think the impact was visual way more than aural…..
You’re right Louise…the struggle for women’s suffrage took place in many different venues and in many different ways. The “suffrage movement” encompassed a wide range of political activities and approaches, ranging from back-room negotiations to public marches and rallies, and oftentimes, the various leaders disagreed with each other as to which approach (or even which goal) would be most effective.
What I find exciting about this blog is that by sharing her family’s personal involvement in the suffrage movement, Marguerite has a created a forum through which all the various streams of the suffrage movement might be explored. I hope that others with personal connections will find their way here, and post their own stories.
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