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AUBURN — Syracuse artist Vanessa Johnson has always considered Underground Railroad conductor and activist Harriet Tubman an iconic, legendary hero. When Johnson began her career as a storyteller, she avoided
Author George Dawes Green draws on historical research, childhood memories, and the shared stories of others to craft his newest novel, “The Kingdoms of Savannah.”...
Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation to host virtual event around new PBS film about ‘Wizard of Oz’ writer Updated Apr 15, 2021; Posted Apr 15, 2021 Central New York native L. Frank Baum wrote the children's classic "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Facebook Share The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation will be partnering with PBS on Tuesday night, April 20, for a special virtual event surrounding one of the most beloved stories in American literature. Following the premier the night before of “American Oz,” a new documentary about Central New York native L. Frank Baum, the author of “The Wonder...
SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – When Kamala Harris is sworn in today as the nation’s first female vice president, it’s a milestone that will not go unnoticed in central New York. It’s a day that Sally Roesch Wagner, a women’s suffrage movement historian and founder of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, has been waiting for, for a long time. Though, Wagner said it’s been a much longer wait for Gage, who was a 19th century suffragist. “I think she would say, ‘Finally. What took you this long? In 1884, I was an elector at large in the Equal Rights Party ticket when we had ...