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1 online resource (xix, 331 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The story of the suffrage movement and the ongoing struggle for women's rights through the lens of one family's history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- The Story Behind the Story -- Part I -- Chapter 1 The March of the Women -- Chapter 2 Wilmer Meets Edna -- Small Things -- Chapter 3 Granddaddy Wilmer -- Chapter 4 "Dish Rags" and "She-Men" -- Chapter 5 An Unlikely Couple -- Chapter 6 "When Is Papa Coming Home?" -- Chapter 7 The Secret -- Chapter 8 "Don't Fall in Love with Curmudgeons" -- Chapter 9 The Spirit of 1776 Wagon -- Chapter 10 Getting to Know the Family on Edgar Allan Poe's Chairs -- Part II -- Chapter 11 The Telephone Party Line -- Chapter 12 Just Friends |
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Chapter 13 Dinner at Delmonico's -- Chapter 14 Many Women, Many Views -- Chapter 15 Learning about Interviewing -- Chapter 16 "Is It Always Like This?" -- Chapter 17 "Will Thee Marry Me?" -- Chapter 18 Rumblings at the Dinner Table -- Chapter 19 "Happy New Year to Thee and All" -- Chapter 20 First Chance to Be Alone -- Looking Back: The Wedding -- Friends' Intelligencer, Seventh Month 2, 1904 -- Wedding Notice, the Herald, Long Island -- From Edna's Red Wanamaker Diary -- Part III -- Chapter 21 Charles, Angela, and the Wedding Scandal -- Chapter 22 Honeymoon in St. Louis |
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Chapter 23 "I Am a Writer" -- Chapter 24 Civil War Orphan School -- Chapter 25 Sinking Spells -- Chapter 26 Holly, Mistletoe, and Evergreens -- Chapter 27 "It Is Awful. Awful." -- Part IV -- Chapter 28 "Trust Me" -- Chapter 29 The Wagon in Woodstock -- Chapter 30 Uproar in Huntington -- Chapter 31 One Woman per Century -- Chapter 32 Sojourner Truth in the Hudson Valley -- Looking Back: In Their Own Words -- 1909 -- Edna Buckman Kearns. Notes. Circa 1909. From her collection of documents and memorabilia. -- 1912 -- Suffragist Whirlwind Campaign-1912. By Mrs. Wilmer R. Kearns (handwritten notes). |
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"Mrs. W.R. Kearns Writes of Plans to Convert the Regular Fairgoer-Open Air Meetings Were Big Feature," September 29, 1912, Brooklyn Daily Eagle. -- 1913 -- Edna Buckman Kearns, May 1913. Handwritten notes. -- Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. October 27, 1913. Letter to Editor of The Leader, Mr. E.G. Gardner. -- Letter written by Edna Buckman Kearns, 29 Waterview Road, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. November 10, 1913. -- 1914 -- March 21st, Rockville Centre, New York. Letter to Mr. Leroy-Weed, Senate Chamber, Albany, New York. |
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"Current Gleanings" by Edna Buckman Kearns, The Observer, June 1914. -- 1915 -- An Acknowledgment by Edna Buckman Kearns. -- "Current Gleanings: Shoulder to Shoulder for Principle" by Edna Buckman Kearns, The Observer, Rockville Centre, New York. June 18, 1915. -- "Confessions of a Suffragist" by Edna Buckman Kearns, July 30, 1915, The Owl, Long Island, New York. -- Empire State Campaign Committee: Second Campaign District Comprising Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Mrs. Wilmer Kearns, Press Chairman. -- Last Call for 1915 -- 1917 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kearns, Edna Buckman.
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Suffragists -- United States -- Biography.
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Suffragists. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Suffragettes. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kearns, Marguerite. An unfinished revolution. Albany : State University of New York, [2021] 9781438483320 (DLC) 2020048644 |
| ISBN |
9781438483313 (electronic book) |
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1438483317 (electronic book) |
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9781438483320 (paperback) |
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