July 1, 2013 is the “Spirit of 1776” Wagon Day in New York
The historic “Spirit of 1776” wagon used in organizing for Votes for Women in New York State will get special attention as the focus of a press conference set for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10 a.m. in The Well of the Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY. Both houses of the NYS Legislature are expected to pass a special resolution in the closing days of the 2013 session to honor the centennial of the suffrage campaign wagon’s first trip for organizing purposes 100 years ago on July 1, 1913. The resolution makes the connection between economic development,...
Read MoreHot news from Votes for Women 2020
New York State is the cradle of the womanʼs rights movement in the United States. The women of New York State have been in the forefront of the struggle for voting rights from the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, through the Civil War to the beginning of the New Deal era. New York’s women were the leaders, the strategists, the grassroots activists. When New York women won the vote in 1917, the addition of so many voters shifted the momentum of the national suffrage movement in favor of women. New York was the only Eastern state to win suffrage permanently before 1920, and it was the result of...
Read MoreFundraiser at Rosendale Theatre in March 2013
Read about the buzz associated with the “Brimstone, Booze, and the Ballot” program sponsored by Votes for Women 2020, the Susan B. Anthony House, and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation. Preview of the program. New York History overview. New Paltz blog...
Read MoreClass of 2020
A primary initiative of Votes for Women 2020 will be to educate young girls to the hard work that granted them the rights they now enjoy and strive to inspire them to continue the work the suffragists undertook. Votes for Women 2020 will brand the Class of 2020 by working with the 10 year olds of today who will be 18 and able to vote for the first time in the Presidential election of 2020. Votes for Women will work with groups like the Girl Scouts and PTA to develop programs to educate girls in the history of the women’s vote, thus making voting a milestone and create lifelong...
Read MoreWomen’s Rights Heritage Trail
The genesis of the Suffrage movement took place in an area of western New York stretching from Rochester to Syracuse. Within this area exists many historic sites that set the backdrop for the nascent movement. Sites include places where people associated with the women’s right to vote lived, worked, studied, worshipped, gathered and participated in social, civic and reformist events. While some residences and sites are open to the public, many are not. The Women’s Rights Trail would include a signed auto route linking the sites together, guidebooks, indoor and outdoor exhibits,...
Read More