Join Us at the Memorial Day Parade!
The Long Island Woman Suffrage Association will again march in the Glen Cove Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 27, 2019. Please join us to celebrate New York State’s ratification of the 19th Amendment which occurred on June 16, 1919. It then went on its way throughout the rest of the nation, resulting in its final […]
Suffragist of the Month – May, 2019
Julia Ward Howe, 1819 – 1910 Julia Ward Howe is probably best known for her poem, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which was set to the music of an old folk tune, and became the semi-official song of the Union Army during the Civil War. But in addition to writing poetry, biographies and essays […]
Suffragist of the Month, April, 2019
Frances Perkins, 1880 – 1965 Frances Perkins’ devotion to the cause of woman suffrage came early in her life and informed many of the decisions that she would make in the future. She was born April 10, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts to Frederick Perkins and Susan Bean; her family later moved to Worcester, where her father […]
A Dream Achieved – Citizenship!
As part of my work with the League of Women Voters I had the privilege today of attending the swearing-in ceremony for new citizens at the Federal Court House in Central Islip. The League provides new citizens with forms to register to vote, to assume one of the most important duties inherent in their shining […]
Sammis Historic Marker Unveiled
An historic marker honoring suffragist Ida Bunce Sammis of Huntington was unveiled today at noon, marking another step in the trail of historic markers honoring suffragists throughout Long Island. An active suffrage leader, Ida Bunce Sammis was also the first of two women elected to the New York State Assembly in 1918. The marker was […]
Remember the Triangle Fire!
Yesterday I had the honor of attending the commemoration of the 108th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. On March 25, 1911, 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, perished in a disastrous shirtwaist factory fire on Greene Street in lower Manhattan. Trapped by doors that had been locked to prevent theft and pushed by […]
106 Years Ago Today – Washington DC Suffrage Parade
One hundred six years ago today, March 3, 1913, suffragists staged the first national suffrage parade in Washington D.C. It was the brainchild of young suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, founders of the National Congressional Committee, (an auxiliary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association – NAWSA). Alice and Lucy had worked together in the […]
Suffragist of the Month – February, 2019
Angelina Grimké Weld, 1805 – 1879 Angelina Grimké Weld was born in Charleston, South Carolina, February 20, 1805, the fourteenth and youngest child of the wealthy and influential Grimké family. Her father John was a well-known jurist; her mother Mary Smith managed her large family and numerous slaves with an iron fist, but by the […]
A Suffrage History Lesson
Anyone who has studied the woman suffrage movement knows of its unfortunate history of racism; we are again reminded of this by New York Times editor Brent Staples’ Sunday opinion piece, When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy. In addition to a detailed history of offenses by white suffrage leaders against black suffragists, […]
102 Years Ago Today – Suffragists Under Attack!
January 18, 1917 On January 10, 1917 suffrage leaders from the Congressional Union, discouraged by President Wilson’s refusal to support the suffrage amendment, decided on a daring, attention-grabbing demonstration – picketing the White House. Silent Sentinels appeared at the White House gates, holding banners with such messages as “Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait […]
The Incredible Life of Mary Louise Booth – An Exciting New Book!
Suffragist Mary Louise Booth lived in the small village of Yaphank on eastern Long Island. But while her village was small her life was lived on a much larger stage. She was the Secretary of the Women’s Rights Convention with Susan B. Anthony in 1855, an esteemed author who wrote the first History of the City […]
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