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Photo of the Week
March 10 – 17th, 2025
FROM THE SCHS LIBRARY & ARCHIVE
“How shall we know it is us without our past?”
– John Steinbeck
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Suffragist Elisabeth Freeman (1876 – 1942) of Kings Park (upper left photo and with Rosalie Jones). (Images courtesy of the Library of Congress).
Elisabeth Freeman, born in England, came to the United States as a child with her brother, sister, and mother, Mary Hall Freeman, who was estranged from her husband. Mary worked at St. Johnland, an orphanage located in Kings Park, and the children lived there for some time. Elisabeth’s family was not wealthy, and she did not attend college.
It was during a chance encounter with the British suffragettes on a trip to England that led to Freeman’s career as a professional speaker and organizer for the women’s suffrage movement. She worked with many suffrage organizations: the NYS Woman’s Suffrage Association, the Women’s Political Union, the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, Woman’s Journal, Texas Woman’s Suffrage Association, Congressional Union, and NYC Woman Suffrage Party. In 1912, Freeman toured Long Island and Ohio with Cold Spring Harbor’s “General” Rosalie Gardiner Jones in a horse-drawn wagon, speaking and organizing for woman’s suffrage. Freeman was also the official speaker on the 1913 Pilgrim’s Hike, a March to Washington to deliver the suffrage message to President Woodrow Wilson.
Interestingly, Elisabeth Freeman has the notable distinction of being named in a 1919 U.S. Senate “Who’s Who in Pacifist and Radical Movements,” which included the names of only 50 individuals and organizations, including clergymen, professors, lawyers, writers, labor leaders, architects, and a New York newspaper publisher.
by Wendy Polhemus-Annibell, Head Librarian
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— “Blues Concert Live Performance” featuring Bernice Brooks and Friends — Saturday, March 22, 2025 , 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.- RSVP at 631-727-2881 x100.
— Jazz History Month Concert, “Harlem Blues and Jazz Band,” Jazz Concert – April 26, 2025, 1:00 PM. RSVP at 631-727-2881 x100.
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