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Long Beach Boardwalk Marker Unveiled For Famed Suffragette
Edna Buckman Kearns visited Long Beach in 1913 on her Votes for Women campaign. It led to the 19th Amendment seven years later.
LONG BEACH, NY — As the beachgoers flock to Long Beach, they will be greeted by a new historic marker on the boardwalk.
The City of Long Beach unveiled a marker Tuesday commemorating famed suffragist Edna Buckman Kearns, who visited the city in 1913.
Kearns came to Long Beach for the Votes for Women campaign and featured her "voiceless speech" and "Spirit of 1776" suffrage wagon, the city of Long Beach said in a statement.
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The wagon is part of the New York State Museum's permanent collection.
Kearns was one of the many people leading the fight that ultimately became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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