• After the contents of the Helaine Victoria Press print shop was shipped off to Seneca Falls, Jocelyn Cohen had arranged with the Park Service for long-time volunteer, Laura Sparks, to go to Seneca Falls for two weeks to direct and assist in setting up the new Suffrage Press print shop.
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Laura Sparks at the Women's Rights National Historical Park, The Suffrage Press print shop, 1995

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • The National Park Service had purchased the Helaine Victoria Press printshop and Chandler & Price platen press for a nominal sum in order to establish a working press to teach children about the importance of print communication in the struggle for women’s suffrage. On April 29, 1995, the park service hosted the opening ceremonies of The Suffrage Press in Seneca Falls, NY.
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