WOMEN OF ARDSLEY: MAKING THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN By George F. Calvi OFFICERS CO-PRESIDENTS Robert M. Pellegrino Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Joan D’Emilio TREASURER Peter Marcus SECRETARY Rick Palladino DIRECTORS George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Henry Groth Daniel Kalish Mary Keehan Bernhard Preisser Walter Schwartz Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Rick Palladino Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. Saturday, January 21, 2017. Marches in Chicago, Washington, Boston, Denver, Austin, Seattle, Miami, New York City, Los Angeles. Unless you were isolated on a spaceship orbiting the Earth it is difficult to believe that any living being could be unaware that the Women’s Movement is alive and well and still so very powerful! Regardless of political persuasion, one had to be impressed by the sheer numbers of women (and men and children) who took to the streets in so many communities across our nation and around the world to rally and provide support for the rights and ideals they hold so nearest, so dearest, and so precious to their hearts. Historically speaking, what was most striking about these rallies of staggering proportions was that they occurred during the year of the 100th anniversary celebration of women winning the right to vote in New York State, three years before it caught on and became the law of the land in 1920. Of course, back then it was known as the Suffragette Movement. Regardless of the label it shoulders, the ten decades that separate 1917 from 2017 have not diminished one iota the energy, the zest, the enthusiasm, or the need for a movement that is as relevant today as it was one hundred years ago. To fully understand the subject at hand, let’s take a step back to the days before 1917 when women were essentially full-fledged appendages to their male counterparts along with the horseless carriage, the ice box, and the family pets. Author Frank E. Smitha in his MacroHistory website cites that at the turn of the century (1900) three quarters of the states forbade married women to have property in their own name. A woman’s property became her husband’s upon marriage. And in a third of the states if during that marriage she accumulated any earnings it belonged to her , Date: , Description: , OCR Text: WOMEN OF ARDSLEY: MAKING THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN By George F. Calvi OFFICERS CO-PRESIDENTS Robert M. Pellegrino Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Joan D’Emilio TREASURER Peter Marcus SECRETARY Rick Palladino DIRECTORS George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Henry Groth Daniel Kalish Mary Keehan Bernhard Preisser Walter Schwartz Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Rick Palladino Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. Saturday, January 21, 2017. Marches in Chicago, Washington, Boston, Denver, Austin, Seattle, Miami, New York City, Los Angeles. Unless you were isolated on a spaceship orbiting the Earth it is difficult to believe that any living being could be unaware that the Women’s Movement is alive and well and still so very powerful! Regardless of political persuasion, one had to be impressed by the sheer numbers of women (and men and children) who took to the streets in so many communities across our nation and around the world to rally and provide support for the rights and ideals they hold so nearest, so dearest, and so precious to their hearts. Historically speaking, what was most striking about these rallies of staggering proportions was that they occurred during the year of the 100th anniversary celebration of women winning the right to vote in New York State, three years before it caught on and became the law of the land in 1920. Of course, back then it was known as the Suffragette Movement. Regardless of the label it shoulders, the ten decades that separate 1917 from 2017 have not diminished one iota the energy, the zest, the enthusiasm, or the need for a movement that is as relevant today as it was one hundred years ago. To fully understand the subject at hand, let’s take a step back to the days before 1917 when women were essentially full-fledged appendages to their male counterparts along with the horseless carriage, the ice box, and the family pets. Author Frank E. Smitha in his MacroHistory website cites that at the turn of the century (1900) three quarters of the states forbade married women to have property in their own name. A woman’s property became her husband’s upon marriage. And in a third of the states if during that marriage she accumulated any earnings it belonged to her , Z ArchiveInABox,Ardsley Historical Society,Archived Issues of The Beacon,Volume 22-33,Spring+2017.pdf,Spring+2017.pdf Page 1, Spring+2017.pdf Page 1