The photo below from the Library of Congress photo collection shows Rhoda Glover, oldest Long Island suffragist riding in a horse-drawn wagon during a local parade. Grandmother Edna referred to Glover in one of her many columns about the Long Island suffrage campaign –in particular because suffragist Glover lived in Rockville Centre, New York (Nassau County) and was active in the suffrage club there. Edna Kearns served at one time as the Rockville Centre suffrage club president.
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The suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Buckman Kearns.
Suffrage Wagon News Channel
- New York State Legislative Resolution designing July 1, 2013 the "Spirit of 1776" Wagon Day. suffragewagon.org/?p=7323 #wmnhist 4 hours ago
- Grandmother Edna Kearns' "Spirit of 1776" wagon gets media attention 100 years after the fact. news10.com/story/22631348… #wmnhist 7 hours ago
- A video about the suffrage campaign wagon everyone's been hearing about. youtube.com/watch?v=4do9HZ… #wmnhist 2 days ago
- July 1, 2013 will be the "Spirit of 1776" Wagon Day in New York State. suffragewagon.org/?p=7319 #wmnhist 2 days ago
- What was suffrage activist Edna Kearns doing on June 27, 1913? Grassroots organizing, that's what. suffragewagon.org/?p=7312 #wmnhist 6 days ago
- 100 years since suffrage wagon "Spirit of 1776"left Manhattan. Celebrate with video. Ode to wagon. youtube.com/watch?v=SBXBu3… 1 week ago
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- Alice Paul Institute
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- National Archives Online
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- National Women's History Museum
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- New York State Museum
- NYC Women's History Walk
- Organizing Toolbox: Video
- Sewall-Bemont House and Museum
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- Stanton and Anthony Papers
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- Suffragist Oral Histories
- Susan B. Anthony House
- The Women's Museum
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- Women's Rights National Historic Park (Seneca Falls, NY)
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Love the photo
Do you have all the newspaper clippings from your grandmother’s papers? I love seeing all the original articles, it really brings everything alive!
Many of the photos are from my grandmother Edna’s collection. I agree. They have a freshness that makes the subject matter come alive!
Interesting, isn’t it, how photos are included in places like the Library of Congress and there isn’t much known about them. I especially like the personal comments from grandmother Edna.
Your post about the oldest suffragist on Long Island reminded me of an article that appeared in an English newspaper comparing the suffragists of yesteryear to the suffragists of today. The article even makes that comparison.
Take a look.