Suffrage Wagon News Notes: October 2012

I can’t help but pounce on all the references I can find to the suffrage movement in the media theses days.  There are so many I can’t keep up, especially during this election season. Start with the demand for Alice Paul coin that exceeds all expectations. Link A. Link A-1. Fans have been busy sewing the Kansas block for the online Votes for Women quilt project. Link B. Link B-1. For other blocks,  see below or subscribe to the quilt blog. Visit the Susan B. Anthony House in upstate New York on election day. Link C. Link C-1. We take for granted that women joined the suffrage movement easily. Not true. The cult of true womanhood worked against this. Link #1, Link #1a.

Ever taken a cruise to the Bahamas? Their 50th anniversary of women voting in the Bahamas raises some interesting issues. First, commemorative stamps that honor individual women and the movement’s origins. Link#2. Link #2a. And there are more news notes from all over: California celebrates 101 years of women voting and many make certain that leadership roles for women and girls continues as a priority. Link #3. Link #3a. Oregon talk is part of the state’s suffrage centennial: Link #4. Link #4a. Work on the online suffrage quilt project continues with the New Jersey star. Link #5. Link #5a. So much fuss about women voters. Link #6. Link #6a.

Teacher open house at Gage Foundation home. Link #8. Link #8a. Presidential debate fallout.  Link #9. Link #9a. Green presidential candidate Jill Stein talks about multiple parties and mentions suffrage movement. Link #10. Link #10a. Alice Paul coin update. Link #11. Link #11a. Suffrage movement in Canada. Link #12. Link #12a. Suffrage activism of a tenant noted in New York City building. Link #13. Link #13a. Suffrage play in the UK. Link #14. Link #14a. Women voters in Africa. Link #15. Link #15a. Presidential candidates woo American women voters. Link #16. Link #16a. Comedy Central refers to 1920 when American women won the vote. Link #17. Link #17a.

With each link we’re including the URL and a backup PDF in the event of broken links. Check out new videos published on Suffrage Wagon News Channel.

Illustration: Vintage postcard from the turn of the 20th century. From the collection of Suffrage Wagon News Channel.

6 responses to “Suffrage Wagon News Notes: October 2012

  1. I sat down and followed these links, leaving me with an open mouth in surprise that there’s so much stuff out there on this subject. And what an election season this has been where I’ve been following everything I can and it sometimes is so much I can’t stand up. A service to give these links.

  2. I’m getting a picture of what’s going on here by reading these news notes. I like the links and PDFs. A way of traveling on the suffrage wagon.

  3. Like the newsy items. Gives me an overall picture.

  4. I tweeted your site to friends.

  5. Hope that your holiday is everything you have planned for. My family sets out plates for those who no longer sit at the table because they’re on the other side. My Aunt Kitty always joins us. And Uncle Hugh.

  6. News is good. I like your comments too.

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