Postcards that Echo the Voices of History
Vintage Tweets
Suffrage Era Postcards
by Carol N. Crossed
About
Vintage Tweets is a touching, amusing and insightful collection of 100 year old suffrage postcards, the social media of the late 19th, early 20th century. The coffee table display features 400 postcards from the author’s own collection and tells of the struggle of both support and opposition of the early woman’s movement. Vintage Tweets is a tribute to one of the most radical eras in U.S. history.
About the Author
Carol Crossed is the President and Founder of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams, Massachusetts. In 2006, Carol purchased and restored the birthplace of Susan B. Anthony. Four years later, it opened as a historic house museum honoring the feminist foremother. Carol is the recipient of the Northern Berkshire Massachusetts Business and Professional Women Award. Carol is also a founder for the Harriet Tubman Museum in Southern New Jersey.
Upcoming Presentations & Signings
2025
March 12, 2025, 2:00 pm, Open to Public - Postponed
South Regional Library, Naples, FL
May 7, 2025, 12:30 pm, Open to Public
Town of Pittsford, Pittsford, NY
2026
January 15, 7:00 pm
The Historic Palmyra, Palmyra, NY
February 1st, 2:00 pm
West Sparta Historical Society, NJ
October 17
Butler Historical Preservation Society, Butler, NY
* = Suffrage Site History
In the News
Millerton News, May 1, 2024
Historical Society hosts talk on women’s suffrage movement
Salamanca News, Mar 25, 2024
Ellicottville Historical Society to host ‘Suffrage Era Postcards’ presentation
The Daily News, Mar 16, 2024
'Vintage Tweets': Warsaw presentation explores history of women’s suffrage through postcards
The Village, Mar 14, 2024
Their Motto: “Collect, Connect, Inform, Inspire”
Spectrum News: Carol Crossed
Rochester Author Writes Book Highlighting Women’s Suffrage
WHEC Carol Crossed
Local author uses postcards to illustrate suffrage movement
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
'Vintage Tweets': How the postcard was the original social network of the suffragists
THE STOCKTON RECORD
Spreading the word of suffrage, with just a one-cent stamp
Praise for Vintage Tweets
“Postcards served as early 20th century memes that expressed social commentary about woman suffrage. An amusing and insightful collection, Vintage Tweets illustrates a myriad of themes: henpecked husbands, women’s moral impact on society, and the bicycle’s influence on the enlarging women’s sphere. Postcards featuring Susan B. Anthony, are prominently featured.”
‐Jeanne Gehret,
Author of Susan B. Anthony and Justice for All
“Witty, yet poignant, possibly risqué or controversial today, but frankly, Vintage Tweets honestly highlights how a cause or fight can be achieved without violence. It is as relevant today as then.”
-Chris Podzuweit
Executive Director & Curator, Seneca Falls Historical Society
“An eye catching story of American history through the exchange of penny postcards, Vintage Tweets reveals how hard-fought and at times bitter were the social struggles that played out among ordinary citizens over women’s suffrage, abolition, prohibition. As the proud great-granddaughter of a Coloradan suffragist, I took particular pleasure in reminiscing about how my own long-ago family members sent, received, delighted or mocked the colorful postcards that were commonplace in 19th century and early 20th-century lives.”
‐Sheila O’Connor-Ambrose, Ph.D.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
"Carol Crossed systematically presents the triumvirate of women’s issues, abolition, temperance, suffrage, Thought-provoking explanations of each category cleverly serve as an additional layer of historical interest. Vintage Tweets serves to enlighten and refresh our memory on this most significant milestone in democracy."
-Mary Ann Sachse Brown, Author, Celebrating Women of Leavenworth Co. Kansas, Leavenworth County Historical Society
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