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Tisha Dolton
May 21, 20216 min read
Infant & Child Welfare Exhibit in Glens Falls, May 1914
On May 20, 1914 the Infant Welfare Exhibit opened at City Hall in Glens Falls. The multi-day event was created to help mothers better...
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Tisha Dolton
Apr 2, 20212 min read
Folklife After Hours Presents Suffrage Singer!
"Set Your Daughters Free" (1912) Lyrics: Eugenie M. Raye-Smith, Tune: "Wait for the Wagon" traditional VERSE 1 Oh, New York with your...
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Tisha Dolton
Mar 19, 20214 min read
The Monday Reading Club of Glens Falls, NY
Study Clubs were all the rage amongst middle & upper class women in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Glens Falls boasted at least...
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Tisha Dolton
Feb 10, 202110 min read
Jeannette Roosa Davis, her husband Loyal, & the Anti-Suffragists of Glens Falls
In researching the suffrage movement using local newspapers to uncover the names of women involved in the cause, I came across a small...
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Tisha Dolton
Dec 5, 20203 min read
Suffrage Centennial Celebrated in Embroidery
Equali-Tea: Suffragist Tea Cozies in Redwork is the newest exhibition in the Folklife Gallery at Crandall Public Library, but with the...
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Tisha Dolton
Sep 3, 20202 min read
Revolt! 1916 & 2016
Maury Thompson came to me one day back in 2016, because he knew I was interested in the Woman Suffrage Movement, & told me about an...
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Tisha Dolton
Aug 13, 202015 min read
Suffragists in Warren County, NY
If you are in the Glens Falls, NY area before Labor Day, please stop by the Warren County Historical Society & take a look at their...
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