Author: DHughes

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September 12, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Public Relations & Communications

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Susan B. Anthony House seeks volunteers,

announces volunteer training dates for fall

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House seeks volunteers to help inspire visitors with the story of the remarkable woman who lived at 17 Madison Street for 40 years. The House needs volunteers to serve as tour guides, greeters, gift-shop attendants, and facilitators for educational programs as more and more visitors come to the House to learn more about the pioneer who fought for most of her 86 years to gain full rights of citizenship for women.

Register now for the 3-part training session for new volunteers scheduled from 9-11 a.m. on September 20, September 27, and October 5. Call our volunteer liaison at 585-235-6124, ext. 16. Volunteers need to attend all training sessions to become certified.  Volunteers are then asked to work a minimum of two 3-hour shifts each month.

Volunteers at the Susan B. Anthony House help preserve this national treasure—Susan B. Anthony’s home for 40 years, from 1866 until her death in 1906—and inspire visitors with the always timely and relevant story of her exceptional courage and determination.

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The Susan B. Anthony 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 (mission statement adopted by the board of trustees 1/07).

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

September 3, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Public Relations & Communications

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Susan B. Anthony House needs volunteers,

announces volunteer training dates for fall

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House seeks volunteers to help inspire visitors with the story of the remarkable woman who lived at 17 Madison Street for 40 years. The House needs volunteers to serve as tour guides, greeters, gift-shop attendants, and facilitators for educational programs as more and more visitors come to the House to learn more about the pioneer who fought for most of her 86 years to gain full rights of citizenship for women.

Register now for the 3-part training session for new volunteers scheduled from 9-11 a.m. on September 20, September 27, and October 5. Call our volunteer liaison at 585-235-6124, ext. 16. Volunteers need to attend all training sessions to become certified.  Volunteers are then asked to work a minimum of two 3-hour shifts each month.

Volunteers at the Susan B. Anthony House help preserve this national treasure—Susan B. Anthony’s home for 40 years, from 1866 until her death in 1906—and inspire visitors with the always timely and relevant story of her exceptional courage and determination.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Saturday, August 23, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

 

Press Conference at Susan B. Anthony House at 2 p.m. on Sunday—Sending Anthony Artifacts to the West Coast

Rochester, NY—Come to the Carriage House of the Susan B. Anthony House on Sunday at 2 p.m. and help Rochester send off three Anthony artifacts for a two-year loan to the state of Washington. As part of the 19^th Amendment Celebration at the Anthony House and Park on Sunday, August 24, 2008, the House will have these artifacts on display, after which the items will leave Rochester to be part of an exhibit celebrating Washington’s 100^th anniversary of woman suffrage. The artifacts—all of which belonged to Susan B. Anthony herself—include a beautiful braided velvet cloak, a wonderful 19^th-century inkwell, and eyeglasses and case. The artifacts will be on display in the Carriage House from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday only.

The 19^th Amendment Celebration, co-hosted by the Susan B. Anthony House and Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, takes place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the House and in the Park, all on Madison Street. The celebration commemorates the 88^th anniversary in 2008 of the ratification of the 19^th amendment that finally gave women the right to vote in 1920.  invite one and all to celebrate the ratification of the 19^th amendment to the US Constitution, also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment.

The event includes tours of the House and neighborhood activities in the Susan B. Anthony Park. Susan B. Anthony, Mary Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and other historic figures may make appearances.

The event is open to the public.

Background: 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 retold to visitors for more than 60 years. The Susan B. Anthony House, a National Historic Landmark, is supported primarily through the contributions of its members.

Mission Statement: The Susan B. Anthony House is a learning center through which we share and interpret Miss Anthony’s life and work as a champion of women’s rights, thereby inspiring and challenging individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities. For more information, visit our website at www.susanbanthonyhouse.org.

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Friday, August 22, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Susan B. Anthony House and Neighborhood Association to Celebrate 88 in 2008!

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House and Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association invite one and all to celebrate the ratification of the 19^th amendment to the US Constitution—finally giving women the right to vote in 1920—on Sunday, August 24, 2008, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Susan B. Anthony House and Susan B. Anthony Park on Madison Street. This marks the 88^th anniversary of the amendment’s ratification. It is also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment.

The event includes tours of the House and neighborhood activities in the Susan B. Anthony Park. Susan B. Anthony, Mary Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and other historic figures may make appearances.

On display in the Carriage House will be three artifacts that belonged to Miss Anthony—a velvet cloak, an inkwell, and eyeglasses and case—that  are soon to travel to the state of Washington where they will be included for the next two years in a traveling exhibit celebrating the state’s 100^th anniversary of woman suffrage.

The event is open to the public.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

 

Susan B. Anthony House Annual Birthday Luncheon

to feature author and social critic Susan Faludi

 

Rochester, NY—Tickets are still available for the Susan B. Anthony House annual birthday luncheon to be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Individual tickets are $50; tables of ten are $500. Please call 585-279-7490, ext. 10 to make your reservation.

The event is the Susan B. Anthony House’s major annual fundraiser. This year the keynote speaker is Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and social critic whose most recent book, The Terror Dream, was recently named a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Award.            Ms. Faludi has gained national attention for her progressive and challenging approach to gender identity through her two books, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, and Stiffed: the Betrayal of the American Man. Her newest book, The Terror Dream, asserts that our country’s response to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has stimulated a climate that is hostile to American women and challenges its readers to examine numerous events of the past six years in new and different ways.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, says, “Susan B. Anthony made it a practice to bring exciting women to Rochester and provide them with a platform to say something fresh and challenging about the times. We believe Ms. Faludi will do the same for our audience as we honor Miss Anthony’s birthday.”

Presenting sponsor this year is Van Bortel Ford-Van Bortel Subaru.

Mission Statement (adopted 1/2007): The Susan B. Anthony 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.

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.

Susan B. Anthony House to commemorate the

anniversary of Miss Anthony’s death

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House will observe the 102nd anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death this Thursday, March 13, 2008 with the hanging of the funeral wreath on the front door of #17 Madison Street at 11:00 a.m. The wreath-hanging will be followed by a short presentation about Miss Anthony’s life and legacy by executive director, Deborah L. Hughes.   Susan B. Anthony died in her bedroom on the second floor of #17 Madison Street on March 13, 1906, at the age of 86.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Event day: cell: 585-739-0128

Press Conference with Susan Faludi tomorrow

before the Susan B. Anthony House Annual Birthday Luncheon

Rochester, NY—Media is invited to a press conference with Susan Faludi tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center in the Riverside Court on the Galleria level. The press conference will preceed Ms. Faludi’s appearance as keynote speaker for the Susan B. Anthony Annual Birthday Luncheon that will start at noon.  The event is the Susan B. Anthony House’s major annual fundraiser.

Ms. Faludi’s most recent book, The Terror Dream, was recently named a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Award.            Ms. Faludi has gained national attention for her progressive and challenging approach to gender identity through her two books, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, and Stiffed: the Betrayal of the American Man. Her newest book, The Terror Dream, asserts that our country’s response to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has stimulated a climate that is hostile to American women; the book challenges its readers to examine numerous events of the past six years in new and different ways.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, says, “Susan B. Anthony made it a practice to bring exciting women to Rochester and provide them with a platform to say something fresh and challenging about the times. We believe Ms. Faludi will do the same for our audience as we honor Miss Anthony’s birthday.”

Presenting sponsor this year is Van Bortel Ford-Van Bortel Subaru.

Mission Statement (adopted 1/2007): The Susan B. Anthony 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.

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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

 

Susan B. Anthony House Annual Birthday Luncheon

to feature author and social critic Susan Faludi

 

Rochester, NY—Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and social critic, will be the keynote speaker for the Susan B. Anthony annual birthday luncheon on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.  The event—the House’s major fundraiser—celebrates Susan B. Anthony’s life, work, and legacy, and is held each year near her February 15 birthday.  Presenting sponsor this year is Van Bortel Ford—Van Bortel Subaru.

Just this week Ms. Faludi’s latest book, The Terror Dream, was named a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Award. Attached is a column she wrote for the Los Angeles Times, printed January 15, 2008, that is getting extensive attention nationwide.

Ms. Faludi has gained national attention for her progressive and challenging approach to gender identity through her two books, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, and Stiffed: the Betrayal of the American Man. Her newest book, The Terror Dream, asserts that our country’s response to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has stimulated a climate that is hostile to American women and challenges its readers to examine numerous events of the past six years in new and different ways.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, says “Susan B. Anthony made it a practice to bring exciting women to Rochester and provide them with a platform to say something fresh and challenging about the times. We believe Ms. Faludi will do the same for our audience as we honor Miss Anthony’s birthday.”

Invitations for the event will be mailed in mid-December. For more information, or to add your name to the mailing list, please call 585-235-6124, ext. 10.

Mission Statement (adopted 1/2007): The Susan B. Anthony 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.

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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Monday, December 03, 2007 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Susan B. Anthony House to feature

Ruth Rosenberg Naparsteck at luncheon-lecture program

Rochester, NY— Longtime Rochester city historian Ruth Rosenberg Naparsteck will deliver a lecture entitled  Women’s Sphere at the monthly luncheon-lecture series at the Susan B. Anthony House on Monday, December 10, 2007. Rosenberg Naparsteck will discuss the role of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and their need to reach beyond the home and hearth in order to effect changes in the health and welfare of the family. This outreach included campaigning for woman suffrage, pay equity, educational opportunities, and other rights denied to female citizens then, and some would contend, now.

The lecture is presented as part of the According to Anthony luncheon-lecture program. The program begins at noon on December 10  in the Carriage House, behind the Susan B. Anthony House Visitors Center at 19 Madison Street.  The public is cordially invited to attend. Tickets are $20 per person and are available by calling 585-279-7490, ext. 10 before December 14.   Lunch is catered by Plunkett’s Fabulous Foods.

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.

Mission Statement (adopted 1/2007): The Susan B. Anthony 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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Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development and Public Relations

November 19, 2007

TRANSCRIPT OF

HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON’S LETTER

TO SUSAN B. ANTHONY DATED APRIL 2, 1901

with introductory comments

In the midst of exploring the plaster wall inside the little closet under the main staircase at #17 Madison Street,  one of our craftspeople discovered a letter addressed to Miss Anthony and postmarked April of 1901. The envelope had never been opened.

Inside was a letter from Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren, Ohio, dated April 2, 1901, together with a check for $41.66 made out to Susan B. Anthony. This was during the time that Upton served as president of the Ohio Woman’s Suffrage Association and treasurer of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association. It was in the latter capacity that she sent this check and mostly typewritten note to Susan.

Volunteers and staff are having a wonderful time speculating about whether Miss Anthony knew the letter was received and somehow lost, and whether she eventually received a replacement check for her salary. The letter reads as follows, with Upton’s spelling, punctuation, and usage as written in the letter:

“Dear Aunt Susan,

Enclosed find draft for forty-one sixty six, your clerk salary for March.  Had a nice visit at Rachels am so glad I went. Have hardly eaten or slept since I came home. Got up early and worked for four days on the history chapter, while at the same time I had advanced work to do for Dr Woods for the month’s organizing and our school election which came off yesterday. Mrs Harrington and I were reelected by the lartest majority ever given to any candidates in this town at any Spring election. Two Democratic women were nominated against us but they were in for fighting. They were not nice women. Our being on the school board has done lots of good. The mem who were on the board and who worked against us last time worked for us this time and begged us to stand. They have been a splendid lot of fellows and treated us as fairly as if we had been men. It maybe if I go off the board I will take myself to the Republican party and be a boss or something grand. Now do not let anybody see this letter. They might misinterpret my joke. I am rattling it off myself as Elizabeth is busy getting off the morning letters and we both are due at the regular meeting of our local club. Lovingly, Harriet”