The following are suggested reads for this weekend.
1. I have subscribed to Garrison Keillor's free daily email copy of The Writer's Almanac for many years. Today one of the published items was about Susan B. Anthony. She was, of course, a very important American historical figure and was on the forefront of the women's suffrage movement. Today is the 200th aniversary of her birth at Adams, Massachusetts in 1820. This year (August 18, 2020) will be the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Sadly, women's right to vote came 14 years after Susan B. Anthony died. Read more about this remakable woman here. Readers might also be interested in reading about Anna (Garlin) Spencer born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on April 17, 1851. She is my 1st cousin 3x removed and was very much involved in the women's suffrage movement. She knew Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams (first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize), Fannie Garrison Villard (daughter of famous abolitionist William Llod Garrison), Lucy Stone (famed abolitionist and suffragist) as well as Lucy's daughter, Alice (Stone) Blackwell, and others in the abolition and suffrage movements. You can read about Anna here and here.
2. On this day after Valentine's Day, it is amusing to learn that the day was not always the occasion for anonymous expressions of affection. According to this link from The Weekly Genealogist of NEHGS, some cards on February 14th could be described as "vinegar valentines."
3. As The Legal Genealogist, Judy Russell, so succinctly put it, "No records, no genealogy!" Judy gives guidance on moves by legislatures in two states (Virginia and Massachusetts) that will affect the future of records and thus the future of genealogy. Action is needed now. Read "Yes in Virginia, No in Massachusetts" here.
4. Part Two of James Tanner's series on immigration and genealogy has been posted at Genealogy's Star blog. Read it here.
5. Three bloggers that I follow posted this week about their "Favorite Discovery" in answer to the 52 Ancestors challenege by Amy Johnson Crow. I found all of them to be engaging reads. You can read Nancy Messier's post at My Ancestors and Me blog here. The post by Marian Wood at Climbing My Family Tree blog can be read here. The post by Elizabeth Handler of From Maine to Kentucky blog can be accessed here.
6. And finally, I stumbled across an old post on Vita Brevis, the blog of NEHGS. It was posted back on June 17, 2019. Christopher C. Child, and employee at NEHGS since 1997, decided to exlore the ancestry of the 2020 presidential candidates. He thought he would wait to report on his findings until the number of candidates was winnowed down, but then he came across some surprising discoveries in the lineage of Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Read what he found here. Maybe this is another reason Mayor Pete threw his hat in the ring. 😊
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Copyright 2020, John D. Tew
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Thank you for including my post in your suggested reads this week, John. I appreciate it.
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