2013 – National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

2014 Susan B. Anthony Annual Birthday Luncheon

December 13, 2013December 14, 2013 DHughes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
CONTACT: Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15, Director of Public Relations & Communications

National Susan B Anthony Museum & House announces annual birthday luncheon speaker!

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 12, 2014, is Louise W. Knight, author, lecturer, and historian.

In making the announcement, Anthony House president and CEO Deborah L. Hughes shared that the theme of the 2014 luncheon is “Up and Doing.” It’s a subject Louise Knight knows very well, as she is the author of two biographies on Jane Addams, one of the late 19th-century and early 20th-century activists in moving public perception and attitudes. Prominent in the battle for woman suffrage and a friend of Susan B. Anthony, Addams is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Hull House, the nation’s first settlement house. Knight will focus on Addams’s and Anthony’s ideas about democracy and how each of them put those ideas into action— “up and doing”—for the causes they held dear.

In addition to her Addams biographies, Louise Knight’s writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Women’s Media Center website. She is currently working on a book about Angelina and Sarah Grimke, two abolitionists and women’s rights advocates of the 1830s.

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.

Susan B. Anthony Festival set for August 18, 2013

August 5, 2013August 5, 2013 DHughes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 5, 2013

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

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Susan B. Anthony Festival to Commemorate 93^nd Anniversary of Woman Suffrage

Rochester, NY— Come to the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Susan B. Anthony Square Park between Madison and King streets in Rochester to celebrate the 93^nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote.

Music and entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon in the park. Food vendors and unique crafts vendors will sell their goods in the park.

Free walking tours of this historic 19^th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered, beginning in the park. 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 event recognizes the date—August 26, 1920—when the 19^th amendment was officially declared law by the Secretary of State after it was ratified by the required 36 states. This year the event is on the exact date—August 18, 1920—when Tennessee became the 36^th and final state needed to ratify the amendment. Our event 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 19^th-century neighborhoods in the region. In this neighborhood, Rochester history comes 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.

Anthony House Exhibit to be featured at Genesee Valley Quilt Club Show

May 14, 2013July 26, 2013 DHughes

Rochester, NY—The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will exhibit its LeMoyne Star quilt at the Genesee Valley Quilt Club’s bi-annual quilt show taking place from May 31 to June 2, 2013 at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Gordon Field House. Called “Magical Threads—Inspired Stitches,” the Genesee Valley Quilt Club show is the largest exhibit of its kind in New York, with more than 600 quilts on display. The Anthony House exhibit, called “Meaningful Threads,” demonstrates the role quilts played in promoting and advertising the suffrage movement in the 1800s.

The LeMoyne Star quilt was made originally by Susan B. Anthony and her sister, Hannah Anthony Mosher, in the 1840s. In the 1990s, members of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club created a reproduction of the original, which is archived at the Rochester Museum and Science Center and is too fragile for display. The Quilt Club donated the LeMoyne Star quilt to the Susan B. Anthony House in 1998, where it is regularly on display in Susan B. Anthony’s study. Also on display at the quilt show will be a crazy quilt from the Laura Bingham Reynolds quilt collection. Anthony House volunteers will be available at the show to explain the role quilts played in advancing the cause for women’s equality in the 19thcentury.

Thousands of quilters and quilting fans will attend the show, which is open on Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. General-admission tickets are available at the door for $10, with seniors’ tickets for $8, and children 12 and under free. Information about the show is available at http://www.GeneseeQuiltFest.com”>www.GeneseeQuiltFest.com

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Anthony House 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.

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

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Genesee Valley Quilt Club has over 400 members and is one of the oldest continuously meeting quilt clubs in the country. Founded in 1936, the club blends art with tradition to encourage quilt making, help quilters improve their knowledge and skills, promote an appreciation of fine design and workmanship, preserve our quilt heritage and traditions, and use their skills to serve the community by providing hundreds of comfort quilts each year to about 25 community agencies.

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Friends of Susan B. Anthony House announce spring luncheon

April 3, 2013July 26, 2013 DHughes

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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

March 21, 2013July 26, 2013 DHughes

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.

Brimstone, Booze, and the Ballot—Exploring Divisions in the Women’s Rights Movement

March 20, 2013July 26, 2013 DHughes

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15, Public Relations & Communications Director

Rochester, NY—Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, and Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center in Fayetteville, NY, will explore the differences between two celebrated leaders of the suffrage movement in a presentation at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale, NY on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. The event is jointly sponsored by the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center, & Votes for Women 2020.*

In an interesting juxtaposition, the presentation will feature Sally Roesch Wagner (Gage Center director) reading from letters, speeches, and other writings of Susan B. Anthony and Deborah L. Hughes (Anthony House director) sharing Gage’s correspondence and excerpts from speeches. Together they will reveal the rupture between Anthony and Gage, the issues that divided them, and the repercussions of their split. After the presentation, the audience will be invited to join the conversation.

Deborah L. Hughes is a strong advocate for human rights and equal opportunity, especially for those who suffer discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or economic circumstance. With a master’s degree in theology, she brings a depth of knowledge and breadth of experience to this special program that looks at the role of religion in social reform.

Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is one of the first women to in the United States to receive a doctorate in women’s studies and is founder of one of the country’s first women’s studies programs. An author and lecturer, Dr. Wagner appeared in the Ken Burns’ PBS documentary Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, for which she also wrote the accompanying faculty guide.

Tickets are priced at $20.20 (tax-deductible, available at www.rosendaletheater.org or the box office.)

*Votes For Women 2020 is a non-profit corporation organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (August 26, 1920) to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote and the 200^th anniversary of the birth (February 15, 1820) of Susan B. Anthony.

Anthony House 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. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.

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Commemorating the anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death

March 11, 2013July 26, 2013 DHughes

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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