Write on Our Walls - Religious Freedom

Posted: May 18th 2010

Please come write on our walls! What would you like to say about Gage’s ideas on religious freedom? Engage in a respectful dialogue about how we interpret this important theme in Gage’s life.

Write on Our Walls - Women's Rights

Posted: May 18th 2010

Please come write on our walls! What would you like to say about Gage’s ideas on women’s rights? Engage in a respectful dialogue about how the Gage Foundation interprets this important theme in Gage’s life.

Performance of Waking Matilda

Posted: May 1st 2010

The Gage Foundation celebrated the anniversary of Matilda Joslyn Gage’s 184th birthday with a special presentation of “Waking Matilda” March 24 at May Memorial in Syracuse. Nationally acclaimed actress Mimi Kennedy starred in this benefit performance of her one-woman show about Gage. A reception with assorted homemade cakes followed the play.

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Séance at the Gage Home

Posted: March 15th 2010

Explore part of the spiritual journey of Matilda Joslyn Gage …
EXPERIENCE a  SÉANCE

March 13, 7:30 p.m.
The Gage Home
210 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville, N.Y. 13066

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Celebration of the Life, Work, and Radical Re-Imagination of Mary Daly

Posted: February 5th 2010

A circle of women gathered at the Women’s Information Center in Syracuse Feb. 2 to collectively celebrate the life, and mark the recent death, of Mary Daly. This profoundly influential feminist thinker and activist died Jan. 3. Daly had served on the Gage Foundation’s National Advisory Committee for several years. Those at her memorial shared their stories, remembrances, questions, and reflections on her rich and contested contributions to feminist cultures. The gathering offered a welcoming space for all to re-member and re-invent the particular magic of Daly’s extraordinary life.

Supporters who were unable to attend sent thoughts about Daly to be included in our online tribute. Additional contributions are welcome. Email them to foundation@MatildaJoslynGage.org.

Click here to see the ONLINE TRIBUTE TO MARY DALY.

Talk for Hudson Valley Humanists

Posted: February 2nd 2010

Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner will give the talk “Matilda Joslyn Gage: Bringing Her Into History” for the Hudson Valley Humanists on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Farmhouse, 320 Sawkill Rd. in Kingston, N.Y. For more information, visit http://hudsonvalley.humanists.net/schedule.html.

Olivia Cousins Visits

Posted: January 24th 2010

We were honored to have Olivia Cousins as our guest at the Gage Foundation Jan. 20-22. Owner and steward of the John Mercer Langston House, an historic site located in Oberlin, Ohio. She visted to gather ideas for restoring the home as an active historic home / museum / center such as we’re creating in the Gage Home. The Langston House carries great historical weight in regard to the struggles of African Americans and their allies against the scourge of slavery in the U.S. It has been recognized as a place where significant meetings and work on freedom activities occurred. It is also one of the few properties of its kind that is owned by an African American.

Click here to see a complete description of her project and the issues that she asked us for help in thinking through.

Reception for Mary Rojas

Posted: January 18th 2010

The Gage Foundation held a reception for its scholar-in-residence, Mary Rojas, Sat., Jan. 16, from 3-5 p.m. Mary is a historian of religion who specializes in Native American, Chicana and diasporic spiritual traditions. She will be with the Gage Foundation through March. Guests at the reception included Ed Theobald, new Town of Manlius Supervisor.

A Museum in the Making: Post-Standard Column Tells Story of Modern-Day Gage Home

Posted: January 7th 2010

In the Jan. 7 issue of the Syracuse Post-Standard, Gage Executive Director Sally Roesch Wagner shares the story behind the rebirth of the historic Gage Home. Read the column, titled “Fayetteville’s Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation Makes Great Strides,” online at
http://blog.syracuse.com/neighbors/2010/01/fayettevilles_matilda_joslyn_gage_foundation_makes_great_strides.html

Gage Home Rehabilitation Tour Video

Posted: January 3rd 2010

This fall, Syracuse University student Katie Knudsen created a video of a rehabilitation tour of the Gage Home by our Executive Director, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner: (more…)