Unfinished Revolution Virtual House Party 3 19 2021

Описание: In celebration of Women’s History Month, PANYS held a Virtual House Party on Friday evening, 7pm-8:30pm (EST) on March 19th, 2021 on Zoom to discuss author and activist Marguerite Kearns’ soon-to-be-released book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.

Edna Buckman Kearns, a life-long Quaker, organized with the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, campaigning in New York City and Long Island on the horse-drawn suffrage wagon, the “Spirit of 1776.” She held leadership roles in Nassau and Suffolk County suffrage clubs, and wrote for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle as a suffrage columnist and editor. She was also active in peace organizations prior to and during World War I, including the Woman’s Peace Party, and served on the board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom until 1919.

Her story, told by her granddaughter, Marguerite Kearns, is an example of how activism in one generation lays a base for future generations. Together with fellow suffrage descendant Jane Van De Bogart, great-niece of suffrage activist Elisabeth Freeman, Kearns succeeded in bringing the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon from a dusty garage to the permanent collection of the New York State Museum in Albany, where in 2020 it served as the centerpiece of an exhibition honoring the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment.

This virtual event also features Coline Jenkins, the great-great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who will introduce a presentation about Monumental Women, a project to erect the first statue of real women in New York City’s Central Park. The statue of Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was unveiled in August 2020.

This event will be moderated by PAFNYS Board member, historian and author Blanche Wiesen Cook.