Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation

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MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE FOUNDATION

The year 1998 will be the centennial of the death of Matilda Joslyn Gage. It will also be the sesquicentennial year of the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, as well as the sequicentennial of the City of Syracuse, where Gage published her newspaper, The National Citizen and Ballot Box. This should be a time when Gage's work is brought more clearly to the fore, and when attention is given to the preservation of her legacy. Toward this end, work has begun on the organization of The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

Gage Home The Foundation will serve to promote awareness of Gage's many contributions, in the context of the nineteenth century struggle for women's rights. A major focus of initial efforts will be to explore ways to incorporate Gage's Fayetteville, NY home into educational projects in cooperation with local organizations interested in her life in Fayetteville, and with others interested in the history of the women's rights movement. To make this possible, many of Gage's possessions could be brought back to Fayetteville for display, and several collections of material related to women's history are being assembled for possible future use.

The organization of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation is being coordinated by Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD, who is widely regarded as the leading authority on the life and work of Matilda Joslyn Gage. She can be reached at SWagner711@aol.com

The Background Image on this page is from a painting of Morning Glories by Matilda Joslyn Gage