I am doing a talk for the Cecil County Public Library on Women’s Suffrage soon and as some business took me through Kent County, I visited the Still Pond Historic District for a few minutes. This rural crossroads community has a significant history related to the campaign that gave women access to the ballot box….
Cecil County Man Named to National Fire Heritage Center
Mike Dixon of Elkton, MD has been named to the Board of Trustees for the National Fire Heritage Center. The National Fire Heritage Center is the nation’s archive for historic documents, and other perishables related to fire protection. These perishables include: art and artifacts, audio, books, charts and graphs, documents, maps, photography, reports, and video…
Storm on the Mason-Dixon Line
On a Friday afternoon in late July, I was on the Mason-Dixon Line as a severe thunderstorm swept across Washington and Franklin counties. As threatening clouds moved into the area, I paused and captured a few photos at one of the markers along the line. Earlier in the winter, I had explored points along the…
The Suffrage Army Marches in Salem
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE — I have been studying social late 19th and early 20th-century progressive movements in some of South Jersey’s rural counties, the fieldwork concentrating on temperance, prohibition, prison reform, crime control, and voting rights. As it concerns women’s suffrage New Jersey has a complicated history since the State’s 1776 Constitution had enfranchised men and…