WE’RE PASSING THE TORCH IN JULY

Passing the torch is the theme of the free zoom reading on July 28, 2021 at 6 p.m. Mountain Time. Passing the torch of freedom was important in the past. Let’s keep the torch moving into the present and the future. Visit the bkwrks.com/event to sign up for the free July 26th reading by Marguerite Kearns.

I didn’t elaborate much about my own activism in my book published this year by SUNY Press (State University of New York). I figured that the book itself stood as an example of a long-term example of passing the torch.

THE TORCH OF EQUALITY HAS BEEN PASSED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS, AND IT’S LIKELY IT WILL BE PASSED AGAIN

In addition, I didn’t feature the more than ten years blogging about my grandmother’s suffrage campaign wagon. It will hopefully be placed on permanent exhibition at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY after the museum’s renovation is complete. Check out: SuffrageWagon.org

And here’s a posting about a few of the accomplishments of 2020. And a video that shows the persistence and inspiration of those who have come before us.

“March of the Women”—a women’s suffrage song in England! on Vimeo.

The effort to bring to the attention of the nation the early women’s rights movement included an application for a historic marker in Long Beach, New York for Edna Kearns and much more. The historic marker was unveiled in Long Beach, New York in early June on the boardwalk.

We’re into 2021 when the book about my grandparents and the early women’s rights movement is out there and available. The book is perfect for history instruction. Join the fun and action.

LINKS KEEP THE TORCH ON OUR “TO DO” LISTS AND ENSURE ACTION WELL INTO THE FUTURE!

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Find out about the 1776 suffrage campaign wagon used by Edna Kearns on SuffrageWagon.org

Unfinished-Revolution.com is the web platform for the book from SUNY Press by Marguerite Kearns.

NEWS FLASH: The Spirit of 1776 suffrage campaign wagon was taken from exhibition at the New York State Museum for a much needed rest from the light. It has been on display since 2017. And it needs a rest, according to NYS museum officials. SuffrageWagon.org for details.

A DREAM BECOMES A REALITY WITH VOTING RIGHTS ACTIVISM AND THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. GET READY FOR CELEBRATING AUGUST 26th, WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR A FREE READING OF AN UNFINISHED REVOLUTION WITH MARGUERITE KEARNS ON JULY 28 ON ZOOM!

By telling stories, we advance the interest in and retention of women’s history stories. And the interest in the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was beyond what we could have imagined. Now we have a national votes for women trail across the United States. Check out this link for information about national trail markers near you: https://ncwhs.org

SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL WRAPUP

Our suffrage centennial wrapup also includes the efforts underway to make August 26th (Women’s Equality Day) a national holiday. There are no federal observances dealing with women. We also address recent efforts to suppress the voting rights of US citizens. After the long and agonizing struggle to win the right to vote by US citizens in general, this is a distressing piece of news.

During 2020, the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial was opened. And the first statue celebrating US women voting rights activism was unveiled in Central Park in New York City by Monumental Women.

Suffrage Storytelling is how we reach out to teachers, students & American history fans! on Vimeo.

This is Bess (above), Grandmother Edna Kearns”s best friend who is the opposite of Edna in how she thinks, but they remain friends anyway. They’ve been close since they lived next door to each other in the Germantown section of Philadelphia before the “big blowup.” That’s what my mother called the sad incident that caused Edna’s family, the Buckmans, to move to Echo Dale. It’s all in the book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights, by Marguerite Kearns and released by SUNY Press (State University of New York) this summer of 2021.

Marguerite Kearns’s Book featured on Suffrage Wagon Book Shelf on Vimeo.

The pressures are high right now.  Get out the word about celebrating August 26th (Women’s Equality Day) with a zoom reading from An Unfinished Revolution by Marguerite Kearns.

SuffrageWagon.org has been publishing since 2009. Now, that’s persistence.

Unfinished-Revolution.com is the book website for work from SUNY Press, An Unfinished Revolution by Marguerite Kearns.

What’s your opinion?

SuffrageCentennials.com is behind this. If not now, when?

Seneca Falls, NY— Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) has announced ots Virtual Convention Days 2021: “From the Pages to the Streets,” a series of online programs uly 16-18, 2021.

Convention Days has been a signature event in Seneca Falls for many years. This annual event allows visitors to engage with women’s history, focusing on the revolutionary 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention through art, storytelling, speakers, and special programming. The park will continue this tradition virtually this year due to COVID-19.

CONVENTION DAYS IN SENECA FALLS, NY THIS YEAR WILL BE VIRTUAL

This year’s Convention Days theme, “From the Pages to the Streets,” focuses on how women’s writing in the first wave of the women’s rights movement translated into powerful activism and real social change.

“The Declaration of Sentiments was only one of the significant writings that helped further the movement toward equality for women,” said Event Coordinator, Stephanie Freese. “Articles in newspapers, personal correspondence, satire, poetry, and even journals motivated others to support the cause, and help us better understand the intentions of suffragists.”

ELLEN CAROL DUBOIS IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER

This year’s keynote speaker is author and scholar Ellen Carol DuBois. DuBois is one of the nation’s leading historians of women’s fight for the vote. She taught at the University of Buffalo and, for the last three decades, at the University of California at Los Angeles. Her most recent book, published by Simon and Schuster in February 2020, is Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote. This is the first comprehensive history of the seventy-five-year-long U.S. woman suffrage movement to appear in more than a half century.

Web site for An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights has a press kit, videos, postings, book events, and more. Sign up now!

Amazon Review about Marguerite Kearns memoir

Skywalker starts off readers with a review of book from SUNY Press

An Unfinished Revolution by Marguerite Kearns
6” x 9” Paperback; Published June 1, 2021 by SUNY Press; 354 pages; $34.95 retail.
Publisher’s Catalog & Purchase the Book: 
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-7061-an-unfinished-revolution.aspx
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WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY COURAGEOUS ACTIVISTS

This video below received a lot of attention when we first published it years ago. Then in 2020 came a surprising announcement…that the first woman had been elected Vice President of the United States. This happened during the year US women had been voting for 100 years.

The early women’s rights movement wasn’t perfect. Volunteers carried out most of the effort, and the campaigning itself was decentralized. There were hundreds of votes for women organizations. And a single brush stroke can’t be expected to describe the tens of thousands of volunteers and diverse efforts it took to accomplish the goal.

ENJOY THE VIDEO AND REFLECT ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT

The Vote: Choose it and use it! on Vimeo.

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ACTIVISM IN FOUR GENERATIONS?

Farmers’ markets have great fresh fruits & vegetables. Buy locally! on Vimeo.

An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights is now available from SUNY Press in Albany, NY.

I don’t stress my own activism in the book, An Unfinished Revolution. It would take another book. But one example is the blog I’ve been writing and editing since 2007. The Espanola Farmers Market is something I’ve considered extremely important over the years. Take a look at last year’s offerings: EspanolaFarmersMarket.blogspot.com

Our food supply isn’t separate from the climate, the way climate affects our supply of food, and more. The blog I’ve been writing and editing since 2007 is an excellent example.

Check with Unfinished-Revolution.com for news and views of my book, recently released from SUNY Press (State University of New York). In the work, I’ve highlighted the story of my grandparents, Edna and Wilmer Kearns, and how their activism in the early women’s rights movement affected other generations in my family. If there’s one example of my own activism, it’s the farmers market.

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The City of Long Beach, New York celebrated the suffrage organizing of Edna Buckman Kearns on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The historic marker funded by the Pomeroy Foundation is one of two markers on Long Island, New York that honors Kearns and her votes for women organizing.

About forty people attended the commemoration that was by invitation only due to pandemic restrictions. Kearns and her Spirit of ’76 suffrage campaign wagon visited Long Beach and other Long Island communities during July of 1913.

GRANDDAUGHTER MARGUERITE KEARNS’S NEW BOOK CITED!

Bob Keeler, retired editor of Newsday, spoke for Marguerite Kearns, the granddaughter of Edna Kearns and author of upcoming book from SUNY Press (State University of New York). Keeler spoke of the author’s life-long project to research and share the activist legacy of the Kearns family and how it influenced four generations including the author.

BOARDWALK SUFFRAGE MARKER IS PART OF NATIONAL VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL

Journalist Bob Keeler formerly an editor of Newsday represented Marguerite Kearns at the Long Beach dedication ceremony. The Long Beach Historical Society contributed a photograph of Edna Kearns speaking about women’s suffrage to local residents in 1913. Patti Bourne coordinated the event for the ceremony City of Long Beach. Photo of marker by Antonia Petrash. And a special thanks to everyone who participated in the Long Beach ceremony in June 2021.

This book is available from SUNY Press and book venues across the nation.

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BOOKS TO HAVE ON YOUR SHELF AT HOME TO CREATE YOUR OWN FAMILY STORY

Make sure that your own family archives are in shape. Archives, photos, stories and memorabilia pass from one generation to another.

NEWS ALERT: E-BOOK AVAILABLE FOR $19.22 FOR MEMOIR AND FAMILY HISTORY

BY MARGUERITE KEARNS

Lets Rock the Cradle—documenting the road to women’s rights! on Vimeo.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN FAMILY HISTORIES ABOUT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND WHAT IS LEFT OUT!

A message from Marguerite Kearns:

“I haven’t told every fact I learned in the research into my family. Some material has been saved for my next book when there is time and space to explore the personal and social implications. I left out a few anecdotes because I believed the individuals involved deserved privacy. I didn’t expose some tales that I felt were better explored in a different forum, such as all of my experiences during the 20 years I lived in Woodstock, NY. My cousin Rosalie Morales Kearns reminded me that I couldn’t possibly tell everything. There wasn’t enough room, or I hadn’t fully processed the emotional implications. There’s more to come, but later. I’m working on it,” Kearns said recently.

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