Blogging about suffrage history
& suffrage centennial events
I am looking to start a crowdfunding campaign for an upcoming project, & one of the things suggested was to get an email list started if I didn't already have one. I did not. & I'm kind of kicking myself, because I have met a lot of lovely, suffrage nerds over the last few years. I sent out a test run last night, & except for a few minor things (one being typos from my last blog post two *gasp* years ago), I think it went rather well. If you would like to join my email list (only one per month unless something AMAZING happens), please click on the button to subscribe. Welcome!Suffrage Song Newsletter #1- Columbia's Daughters & Cocoanut Cookies If you are receiving this, chances are you have seen one of my suffrage singer performances, but here we go! My name is Tisha Dolton. I am a historian, librarian, singer, & embroidery artist. I will probably write about all of these things here as they all tend to relate, in some way, to my dorky/nerdy/obsessive fascination with the Women's Suffrage Movement. I hope to include the following each month: What I am up to... Suffrage Song of the Month Suffrage Centennial Committee Activities Suffrage Centennial Events Calendar SUFFRAGE SONG OF THE MONTH Listen to my recording of this month's suffrage song: Columbia's Daughters (See previous blog post for more...) SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES A few years ago, I convinced Kim Harvish of the Chapman Historical Museum to join in on a monthly conference call I had been participating in since 2014 (I think). I felt kind of out of my depth being that most of the people on that conference call were published authors, scholars, tourism specialists, and heads of museums & historic sites. I was just a municipal historian, with a very small budget, but big ideas. I knew that I needed to find some local people who were interested in commemorating the upcoming 100 year anniversary of women winning the right to vote. I couldn't be the only one! So Kim & I co-founded the Celebrating Suffrage in Greater Glens Falls, NY committee. Currently, we meet the first Monday of the month at 10:30 AM at the Chapman Historical Museum in Glens Falls. All are welcome, so if you are interested just pop in. Our next event as a committee will be June 3, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, NY were I am currently the Outreach Librarian. In October 2017, the Celebrating Suffrage in Greater Glens Falls, NY Committee presented a re-enactment of the 1900 New York State Suffrage Convention held in Glens Falls NY. The event was filmed by Hannah DeGarmo. Join the Suffrage Committee as we look back on the re-enactment, the historical 1900 convention, and the upcoming National Suffrage Centennial in 2020. An edited version of the film will be shown, along with a panel discussion lead by participants. 1900 New York State Suffrage Convention re-enactment group photo. Front L-R: Linda McKenney as Carrie Chapman Catt, Kim Harvish as Mary S. Anthony, Tisha Dolton as Anna Howard Shaw, Sandra Weber as Mary Hillard Loines, Kristen Field as Susie M. Bain. Middle Center: Sandi Rhodes (lead in play "A Very New Woman" flanked by four members of The MadCaps. Back L-R: Stuart Field as Addison B. Colvin, David Hodges, Director of Ceremonies, Rev. Don Shuler I will definitely be on hand as part of the panel discussing the music, and my portrayal of the Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. & I will most likely bring a batch of the "Cocoanut Cookies" I made from a recipe submitted by Mrs. H. R. Shattuck for the 1886 Suffragist Cookbook. Cocoanut Cookies. (1886, p. 81) Into two and one-half cupfuls of pastry flour, rub with the hands one-half cupful of butter. Add one cupful of sugar, one and three-fourths cupfuls of grated cocoanut [sic] (that which comes by the pound is best) and two saltspoonful*s of cream of tartar. Beat one egg and stir in; dissolve one saltspoonful* of soda in boiling water and add, moulding the mixture well together with the hands. If it is not wet enough, add a very little milk or water. The danger is in getting it too wet to roll out well, and probably no moisture will be needed. Roll thin, cut with a doughnut cutter and bake quickly. *saltspoon= 1/4 teaspoon 2019 SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL CALENDAR
Monday, May 6 - 10:30 AM - Chapman Historical Museum (Glens Falls, NY) - MEETING: Celebrating Suffrage in Greater Glens Falls, NY Committee. (Next meetings: 6/3, 7/1, 8/5, 9/9, 10/7, 11/4) Monday, June 3 - 6:30 PM - Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, NY) - PROGRAM: 1900 Suffrage Convention Re-enactment Screening & Panel Discussion Wednesday, June 5 - 9:00 AM-3:00 PM - Adirondack Architectural Heritage (Lewis, NY) - TOUR: Inez Milholland and Adirondack Suffrage by Sandra Weber (Registration required) Thursday, July 25 - 7:00 PM - Old Stone Fort Museum (Schoharie, NY) - PROGRAM: Celebrating Woman Suffrage in New York State Wednesday, October 16 - 7:00 PM - Saratoga Springs Public Library (Saratoga Springs, NY) - PROGRAM: Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD on editing her new book "The Women Suffrage Movement".
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