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Friends of Susan B. Anthony House announce spring luncheon

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Rochester, NY—Friends of Susan B. Anthony House, a volunteer organization that supports the work and mission of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, announces that its annual spring luncheon will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Chatterbox Club, 25 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY, beginning at 11:30 a.m.  The guest speaker is Dr. Catherine Cerulli, Director of the Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership and the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization at the University of Rochester. Tickets are $35 per person.

 

For more information, please contact Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO, National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House® at 585-279-7490, ext. 13.

 

 

Nursing Friends of Susan B. Anthony House presents in-service for nurses

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Nursing Friends of Susan B. Anthony House invites nurses to an in-service, “The Future of Nursing Initiative: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” co-sponsored by Rochester General Health System, on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Carriage House at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House at 17 Madison Street, Rochester. The keynote speaker is Dr. Lynda J. Dimitroff, Ph.D., MSEd, BSN, RN, MCHES. Attendees will receive 1.0 CEUs. A continental breakfast will be served. Seating is limited;  sign up now by contacting Sylvia Schenck at 585-922-4686. Parking will be allowed on both sides of Madison Street that morning from 8:o0 a.m. to 12 noon.

Commemorating the anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death

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Rochester, NY—On March 13, 1906, at forty minutes past midnight, Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86 in her bed on the second floor of the house at 17 Madison Street, her home of 40 years. At her request, much of the ceremonial mourning of the day was not observed: no shades were drawn, no black crepe hung.  Only a simple wreath of violets was placed on the front door.

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House® will observe the 107th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 with the hanging of a simple wreath of violets on the front door of #17 Madison Street at 11:00 a.m. The wreath-hanging will be followed by a short presentation about Anthony’s life and legacy by Anthony House president and CEO, Deborah L. Hughes.   The public is invited to attend. 


Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House® is a learning center through which we share and interpret Miss Anthony’s life as a champion of women’s rights, thereby inspiring and challenging individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities. 

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The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

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Anthony House President Deborah L. Hughes and U. S. Ambassador Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook at the podium.

Presenting sponsor and 2013 corporate partner, Kitty Van Bortel, challenges the crowd to “DO ONE THING.” 

11 year-old Za’Aisha Mizell tells the audience what Susan B. Anthony means to her.

Ambassador Cook gives the keynote address at the Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon

News 10 NBC’s Janet Lomax serves as emcee for the luncheon.

Rochester Mayor Tom Richards greets the crowd.

Board chairperson Jennifer Martlew presents the Anthony House report.

 

More than 830 people attended the Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon.

 

Enjoy these images from the Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon held on February 13, 2013 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. More than 830 people attended and listened to a terrific inspirational presentation by U.S. Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. She told of the work being done around the world today to improve the lives of women and children, work that Susan B. Anthony would be proud of. The audience gave her a standing ovation. Kitty Van Bortel challenged the audience to follow Susan B. Anthony’s lead and “DO ONE THING” to improve the lives of women around the world. Thank you to all who attended, all who sponsored, all who took up the challenge, all who do their own one thing every day to make the world a better place.  Special thanks to Gerry Szymanski for the wonderful photographs.

Anthony House announces annual birthday luncheon speaker

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Rochester, NY—The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House™ proudly announces that its keynote speaker for the Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon, to be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013, is Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, the United States Ambassador for International Religious Freedom.

 

 The Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon is held each year in mid-February to celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s February 15th birthday, to honor contemporary women who continue her legacy, and to raise awareness of the education and inspiration programs that take place at and through the National Historic Landmark on Madison Street. The luncheon takes place at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

 

 In making the announcement, Anthony House president and CEO Deborah L. Hughes commented that Susan B. Anthony welcomed believers of all kinds into her suffrage tent and counted Christians, Mormons, Jews, and nonbelievers alike among her strongest supporters. Miss Anthony once stated, “These are the principles I want to maintain—that our platform may be kept as broad as the universe, that upon it may stand the representatives of all creeds and of no creeds, Jew and Christian, Protestant and Catholic, Gentile and Mormon, believer and atheist.”  [speech, 1890, as quoted in Lynn Sherr’s biography, Failure is Impossible, p. 253].

 

 Ambassador Johnson Cook was appointed by President Barack Obama on May 16, 2011. In this position, she is principal advisor to both the President of the United States and Secretary of State on matters of religious freedom around the globe. She is the first African-American and the first female to hold this position since its creation under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act.

 

 Ambassador Johnson Cook has traveled to five continents to promote religious freedom. She has led interfaith delegations to Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and throughout the Caribbean. She worked with World Vision in Switzerland to help its efforts to combat global poverty and traveled to Zimbabwe and South Africa to promote interfaith dialogue and tolerance among Zulu faith leaders.

 

 Prior to joining the State Department, Dr. Johnson Cook has held three presidential appointments, two appointments from cabinet secretaries and a United States Senate confirmation. She advised President Bill Clinton on a range of issues including homelessness, violence, and community empowerment. She worked with the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on faith-based initiatives in the 1990s. President Clinton appointed her in 1997 to serve on his National Initiative on Race.

 

 Ambassador Johnson Cook is the recipient of several awards, including the Woman of Conscience Award, the Martin Luther King. Jr. Award, the Visionary Leaders Award, the Judith Hollister Peace Award. She also served as senior pastor and CEO of the Bronx Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in New York City. She also held the position of chaplain to the New York City Police Department for twenty-one years, the only woman to serve in that role—she was on the front lines on 9/11/01

 

.Ms. Johnson Cook was a Harvard University President’s Administrative Fellow and has authored ten books. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Emerson College in Boston in 1976 and her Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1978. She also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

 

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 Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House™ preserves the National Historic Landmark where the great reformer lived for 40 of her most politically active years, collects and exhibits artifacts related to her life and work, and offers programs through its learning center that challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.

 

 

 

The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

 

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Visit the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House™ on Election Day

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:       

Thursday, October 18, 2012

CONTACT:

Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15

Director of Public Relations & Communications

Rochester, NY—The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House™ invites one and all to visit the Anthony House on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, before or after voting, for a free, self-guided tour of the place right here in Rochester that served as both home and campaign headquarters for Susan B. Anthony in her 50-year struggle to get the right to vote for half of this nation’s adults. Come see where history was made. Come learn about the brave women and men who fought for equal political, social, educational, and employment rights for all.

            The House is open for tours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

             

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House™ preserves the National Historic Landmark where the great reformer lived for 40 of her most politically active years, collects and exhibits artifacts related to her life and work, and offers programs through its learning center that challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.

 

 

The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

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Susan B. Anthony Festival this Saturday, August 18, 2012

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Susan B. Anthony Festival – 92nd Anniversary – August 18, 2012
SCHEDULE of EVENTS
IN THE PARK on STAGE:
12:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Deborah Hughes, President & CEO, Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Dawn Noto, President, Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association
Tassie Demps, Director of Human Resources, City of Rochester
Naomi Silver, President, CEO & COO, Red Wings Baseball
12:30 am – 12:45 am
Performance by Neighborhood Children
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Raging Grannies – promoting peace, justice and social and economic
equality through song & humor
1:45 – 2:15pm
Emma Marshall – vocalist
2:30 – 3:30
S.W.A.N. Band – ages 9 to 80 – directed by Nate Rawls
3:30 – 5:00
Baked Beans – bluegrass, folk & americana
MISS ANTHONY’S HOME & VISITOR CENTER:
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tour the Susan B. Anthony House – $5.00 (special Festival admission)
Carriage House – items on display from the archives & music videos
IN THE PARK:
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
19th Century Baseball
Genesee Country Village & Museum (GCV&M)
12:00 – 5:00
“Freedom Lives Here” Self-guided tour of the neighborhood
Leave from the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Table
Craft Vendors / Voter Registration / Food & more!

Rochester Red Wings President Naomi Silver to Kick off Susan B. Anthony Festival

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Rochester, NY— Come to the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival on Saturday, August 18, 2012 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Susan B. Anthony Square Park between Madison and King streets in Rochester to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote.

Naomi Silver, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of Rochester Community Baseball (Rochester Red Wings), will kick off the event at noon with a presentation in the park. Music and entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon in the park by various groups, including the Rochester Raging Grannies, a group that promotes peace, justice, and social and economic equality through song and dance, the SWAN (South West Area Neighborhood) Band, String Theory and others.

Food vendors and unique crafts vendors will sell their goods in the park.

Authentic nineteenth-century base ball (it was actually two words when it first began in the 19th century!) demonstrations will be provided by Genesee Country Village’s women base ball team, in period costumes, following the rules and etiquette of the game as it was played in the 1800s.

Walking tours of this historic 19th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered. Tours of the Anthony House will be available beginning at 11 a.m. at the special admission price that day only of $5.00 for adults.

The event is presented by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the Anthony House, said, “This annual event is close to our hearts because it recognizes the date—August 26, 1920—when the 19th amendment was officially declared law by the Secretary of State after it was ratified by the required 36 states. It honors the women and men who struggled so long—over 72 years—and so hard—often at personal danger—to achieve equality for women. Many of those who worked so fervently in the cause, including Susan B. Anthony, did not live to see the amendment finally ratified. We thank them each year with this festival.” Dawn Noto, president of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, said, “The neighbors invite everyone to come visit this incredible preservation district. See the major renovation and construction work that is taking place on West Main Street.  See one of the last intact 19th-century neighborhoods in the region—see Rochester history come to life.”

For more information, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House preserves the National Historic Landmark where the great reformer lived for 40 of her most politically active years, collects and exhibits artifacts related to her life and work, and offers programs through its learning center that challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.

 The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. It is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

Susan B. Anthony Festival to Commemorate 92nd Anniversary of Woman Suffrage

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

CONTACT:
Ellen K. Wheeler
Public Relations & Communications Director
585-279-7490, ext. 15

Rochester, NY— Come to the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival on Saturday, August 18, 2012 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Susan B. Anthony Square Park between Madison and King streets in Rochester to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote.

Music and entertainment will be provided in the park by the Hochstein School of Music and Dance as well as the Rochester Raging Grannies, a group that promotes peace, justice, and social and economic equality through song and dance.

Food vendors and unique crafts vendors will sell their goods in the park.

Authentic nineteenth-century base ball (it was actually two words when it first began in the 19th century!) demonstrations will be provided by Genesee Country Village’s women base ball team, in period costumes, following the rules and etiquette of the game as it was played in the 1800s.

Walking tours of this historic 19th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered. Tours of the Anthony House will be available beginning at 11 a.m. at the special admission price that day only of $5.00 for all ages.

The event is presented by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the Anthony House, said, “This annual event is close to our hearts because it recognizes the date—August 26, 1920—when the 19th amendment was officially declared law by the Secretary of State after it was ratified by the required 36 states. It honors the women and men who struggled so long—over 72 years—and so hard—often at personal danger—to achieve equality for women. Many of those who worked so fervently in the cause, including Susan B. Anthony, did not live to see the amendment finally ratified. We thank them each year with this festival.” Dawn Noto, president of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, said, “The neighbors invite everyone to come visit this incredible preservation district. See the major renovation and construction work that is taking place on West Main Street. See one of the last intact 19th-century neighborhoods in the region. See Rochester history come to life.”

For more information, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org or call 585-279-7490, ext. 10.

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House preserves the National Historic Landmark where the great reformer lived for 40 of her most politically active years, collects and exhibits artifacts related to her life and work, and offers programs through its learning center that challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. It is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

A Fifth-Grade Feminist

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Keeping Susan B. Anthony’s vision alive and relevant is our passion at the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. But how do we measure our impact in the world? Here’s what a fifth-grade teacher shared with our program director, Annie Callanan, after his class experienced our “Change It!” program yesterday:

“Thank you again!! My class had a wonderful time and got so much out of the program.

“On our way back one of my students confronted a group of construction workers and told them she didn’t like their ‘Men Working’ sign. She told them it should say ‘People Working’. One gentleman pointed out that there were only men on the crew. My lovely [student] responded with, “ Well I have another issue, why are there no women on your crew? Shoot, I can do this work.” A group of grown men dumbfounded by the brass of my beautiful young student. Thank you for inspiring them!! It was awesome!!”

I imagine Susan B. Anthony would approve!

Thank you, teacher Dale Spafford, for getting your students to the Anthony House for a field trip. Thank you, fifth graders! We are impressed that you applied for a scholarship to cover your admission and that you all walked here!  Thank you, Joanne French and Bonnie Anne Briggs, our two volunteer docents who led the program (we have 110 inspiring volunteer docents!).  Thank you, Lois and Arn Hart, for providing the scholarship funds that covered the admission for this class.

We love that this particular class came from Clara Barton School #2. Mary Anthony, Susan’s sister, was the first female principal at School #2, where she demanded equal pay for equal work more than a century ago and got it!!  Not only was Clara Barton the founder the American Red Cross, but she was a friend of Mary and Susan B. Anthony and a SUFFRAGIST herself!

Finally, we want to say thank you to the courageous young woman from Mr. Spafford’s fifth grade class who is keeping Susan B. Anthony’s vision alive and relevant!!