News Release from
The Susan B. Anthony House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Media Contact: (585) 235-6124 ext. 19
SUSAN B. ANTHONY BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON
The Susan B. Anthony House is proud to present
Cokie Roberts
as Keynote Speaker for the Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
12 noon - 1:30 pm
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
123 East Main Street
Individual open-seating tickets are available at all Wegmans home video departments
General Seating: $50
Patron Seating: $100 (includes signed copy of Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts and listing in program book)
Reserved tables of 10: $500
Tickets went on sale Dec. 18th and will go off sale Feb. 18th at noon.
Thanks to presenting sponsor, RBC Dain Rauscher, whose generosity helped make this event possible. Significant sponsors: WXXI, WOKR 13, Unity Health Systems
Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News, where for fifteen years she has covereed Congress, politics, and public policy. She also serves as senior news analyst for National Public Radio. From 1996-2002, she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program, This Week. In her more than thirty years in broadcasting, Roberts has won countless awards, including two Emmys. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the fifty greatest women in the history of broadcasting. A gifted writer as well, Roberts' latest book, Founding Mothers, offers compelling stories of the women who raised this nation.
The Susan B. Anthony House was Anthony's home during the most politically active period of her life and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. Anthony' story of courage and determination has been told and re-told to visitors for more than 50 years. The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members.
