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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.

“People Who Mattered” Day Tour with Friends May 15, 2012

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  Journey with Friends of Susan B. Anthony House to meet “People Who Mattered in Central New York”

Rochester, NY—The Friends of Susan B. Anthony House invite all interested history buffs and adventurers to join us for our exciting day trip to Syracuse, Fayetteville, and Peterboro on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 to meet “People Who Mattered in Central New York.”

We’ll visit the home of Matilda Joslyn Gage in Fayetteville, an activist in abolition, women’s rights, religious freedom, and native American rights. We’ll enjoy lunch while watching a re-enactment of the lives of three former slaves who settled in the Syracuse region. We’ll visit the National Abolition Hall of Fame and learn the history of Gerrit Smith, cousin of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. We’ll learn more underground- railroad history and meet Jerry of the Jerry Rescue. There will be stairs and walking.

Tickets are on sale now at 585-279-7490, ext. 10 or on the Susan B. Anthony House website at susanbanthonyhouse.org. Tickets are $105 per person, includes deluxe motorcoach, lunch, dinner, admissions, everything! We will depart from the Eastview Mall parking lot at 7 a.m. sharp, returning approximately 9 p.m.

            The Friends of the Susan B. Anthony House is an organization founded in 2006 by Betsy Stanton and Jolene Smith to increase awareness of and raise funds for this National Historic Landmark house, Anthony’s home from 1866 to 1906 and the headquarters for the national campaign for woman suffrage.

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

Ellen K. Wheeler, Director of Public Relations and Communications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  April 24, 2012

 

 

 

 

Trunk Show at Mann’s Jewelers

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—featuring “Ms. Anthony—Purse with a Purpose”—

 

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House is teaming up with Mann’s Jewelers to present a Trunk Show called “Susan B. Anthony for the Holidays” on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.at the Mann’s store, 2945 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618.

The show features “Ms. Anthony—Purse with a Purpose,” the numbered, limited-edition purse inspired by Susan B. Anthony’s original alligator bag. The purse was created by Gail Riggs of the Abigail Riggs Collection. The cost for each is $250 plus tax, with all proceeds going to the Anthony House. In addition, Mann’s Jewelers is generously donating 10% of all its jewelry sales that take place during the trunk show.

Also on display for the event will be three newly-acquired artifacts in the Susan B. Anthony House collection—a cameo brooch that Susan B. Anthony referenced in her writings, a tortoise-shell hair comb, and kid gloves—all items that she wore regularly. They were donated to the Anthony House in 2009 by Susan B. Anthony’s great-great grandniece.

 

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony House and Museum 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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    November 30, 2011

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

 

 

Election Day Special—Complimentary Tours of the Susan B. Anthony House

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Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House invites one and all to visit the National Historic Landmark at 17 Madison Street on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, for a complimentary tour. The House is open for tours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last tour starting at 4:15 p.m.

“First, we encourage everyone to vote and second, we invite everyone to the House on Madison Street. It was not only Susan B. Anthony’s home, but also the national headquarters for the campaign to win voting rights for women,” says Deborah L. Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House. “We need to remind ourselves of these hard-earned rights, and honor the courageous women who fought the long and difficult battle to guarantee them.”

An ardent abolitionist, labor activist, educational reformer, temperance worker, suffragist, and women’s rights campaigner, Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 at this home on Madison Street for the crime of voting—it was then a crime because she was a woman. Forty-eight years later, and fourteen years after her death, the 19th Amendment was finally ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote. It is known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in honor of her life’s work for the cause of women’s equality.

The Susan B. Anthony House is located at 17 Madison Street, off West Main. Admission is normally $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students; group tours and custom tours are available by appointment by calling 585-235-6124, ext. 19.

Background: The Susan B. Anthony House was Anthony’s home for the 40 most politically active period of her life and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. It has been preserved in Anthony’s memory as an historic site since 1946 and a National Historic Landmark since 1966. It is supported primarily through the contributions of its members. It is not affiliated with any other organization or group bearing Susan B. Anthony’s name.

Mission Statement: The Susan B. Anthony 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.  For more information, visit our website at www.susanbanthonyhouse.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    Wednesday, November 02, 2011

CONTACT: Ellen K. Wheeler—585-279-7490, ext. 15,  PR & Communications Dir.

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Anthony House Presents “Meet the Madison Mavens” to re-open guest room

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:      Thursday, August 11, 2011

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

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House officially re-opens the guest room, the large second-floor front bedroom in the National Historic Landmark, with a special event on Friday, August 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. called “Meet the Madison Mavens.” Reservations are required at 585-279-7490, ext. 12 or lstrasenburgh@susanbanthonyhouse.org. Admission is $25 for non-members, complimentary for members.

“The room has been closed to the public for nearly two years, undergoing rehabilitation,” explains Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House. “For many years after the Susan B. Anthony Memorial was established in 1945-6, this was the museum room, exhibiting the large collection of historic photos of the suffrage campaigns given to the House by Carrie Chapman Catt. We now re-open it as a bedroom, with portraits of some of the people who stayed overnight here displayed on the walls.”

These “Madison Mavens” include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anna Howard Shaw, Ida Husted Harper, Carrie Chapman Catt, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Lucy Read Anthony, who purchased the House in 1865 and used this room as a bedroom until her death in 1880.  After that it became a parlor for a time when Mary Anthony rented out the first floor to tenants, then a workroom for the suffrage campaign, then a guest chamber for the many people who visited Susan B. and Mary Anthony over the years.

“As a guest room, this space gives us the opportunity to share information about some of the many amazing women who were important to the Anthonys and who stayed overnight in this house,” Hughes explains. “Each of these featured women played a significant role in the women’s rights movement and other important social reforms. For them, the House on Madison Street was a hub of energy, inspiration, and activity.”

The event will include visits with House docents portraying six of the people whose portraits are on display in the guest room. Light refreshments will be served in the Carriage House.

For more information, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org or call 585-279-7490, ext. 12.

 

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony House and Museum 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.

Susan B. Anthony House salutes California on its suffrage centennial!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 15, 2011

CONTACT: Ellen K. Wheeler, PR & Communications Dir. (585) 279-7490, ext. 15

 

Anthony House invites California women to carry a symbol of women’s rights!

 

Rochester, NY— The Susan B. Anthony House invites the women of California to carry on their arm “Ms. Anthony—Purse with a Purpose,” a contemporary version of Ms. Anthony’s original alligator handbag, as they mark California’s centennial of woman suffrage on October 10, 2011, a cause Susan B. Anthony worked for a quarter of a century to bring about.  The Anthony House, the National Historic Landmark in Rochester, NY and Anthony’s home for her 40 most politically active years, is offering this exciting symbol of the great reformer’s life and work for today’s innovative, creative women.

Deborah L. Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, said, “The original alligator bag traveled with Susan B. Anthony wherever she went, including several trips to California.”  In it, she carried the key assets of her campaign for women’s rights—speeches, flyers, newspaper clippings, and the transcript of her trial for voting. With it, she was immediately recognized and known as “the lady with the alligator purse.” Children—from California, according to tradition— even invented a jump-rope rhyme that features the line

“‘VOTE!’ Said the lady with the alligator purse.”

Susan B. Anthony featured prominently in the long struggle for women’s voting rights in California. Ida Husted Harper details Susan B. Anthony’s trips to California in the biography Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, the first trip happening in 1871, when Anthony, together with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, traveled all over the state. On December 15 that year, her friends in San Francisco held a reception and banquet in her honor at the Grand Hotel. Harper shares this account from the San Francisco Chronicle: “Miss Anthony said: ‘I go from you freighted with a burden of love and gratitude, and no greetings have been more precious than those of working men and women. Tonight when the woman who earns her livelihood by selling flowers through the hotel came to the door of the parlor and, presenting me with the beautiful bouquet which I hold in my hand, asked, ‘Will you accept this because you have spoken so nobly for us poor workingwomen?’ it brought tears to my eyes…I felt a thrill of gratitude that I had been permitted to prosecute this work…we are not working for ourselves, but for those now suffering around us. For them, our sisters, and for future generations must we labor.’ ”

Twenty-four years later Susan B. Anthony returned to San Francisco for the Woman’s Congress in May of 1895, this time to lead the campaign for a state suffrage amendment. Harper reports “The newspapers of San Francisco had decreed that this congress should be a success, and to this end they had been as generous with space and as complimentary in tone as the most exacting could have desired. The result was that at not a session during the week was the great hall large enough to hold the audience which sought admission…” The mayor of the city offered the welcoming address, stating his belief, according to Harper, that “the ballot should be placed in the hands of woman as the most powerful agent for the uplifting of humanity.”  At the close of the Woman’s Congress, according to Harper, the Chronicle reported: “nobody ever supposed that the women of San Francisco cared for aught except their gowns, their teas and their babies. But they do. They like brains, even in their own sex. And they can applaud good speeches even if made by women…” In spite of Anthony’s intense campaign all around the state, the people of California in 1896 turned down the suffrage amendment, passing it fifteen years later in a special statewide election on October 10, 1911. This was five years after Anthony’s death but still 9 years before women in every state won that vital right with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

California women can now share in that history with “Ms. Anthony—A Purse with a Purpose.” It was designed for the Anthony House by the Abigail Riggs Collection and is a beautifully crafted, numbered, limited-edition handbag inspired by the original alligator bag that was donated to the Susan B. Anthony House more than 60 years ago. Roomy enough for a mini-laptop computer, with comfortable handles for over-the-shoulder wear, this faux-alligator bag features a nameplate with Susan B. Anthony’s famous words, “Failure is impossible” as well as a medallion with her statement for woman’s financial independence, “Every woman needs a purse of her own.” The handbag comes with a DVD that tells the story of this ‘Purse with a Purpose’ and includes women from all around the world thanking Susan B. Anthony for her vision and perseverance.

“In purchasing the contemporary handbag,” continues Hughes, “women today all over the country share Ms. Anthony’s story as they embark on their own campaigns and causes, and demonstrate the financial independence Susan B. Anthony wanted women to have.” One-hundred percent of the purchase price from each handbag directly supports the mission and programs of the Susan B. Anthony House, thanks to a visionary group of women who underwrote the cost of manufacturing the bags.

For more information, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org or call 585-279-7490, ext. 15.

Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The national Susan B. Anthony House and Museum 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 House offers free tours on Election Day

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              CONTACT:

Wednesday, October 27, 2010                              Ellen K. Wheeler—585-279-7490                                                                                     Public Relations & Communications Dir.

Election Day Special—Free Tours of the Susan B. Anthony House

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House invites one and all to visit the National Historic Landmark at 17 Madison Street on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, for a free tour. The House is open for tours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last tour starting at 4:15 p.m.

“We encourage everyone to come to the House on Madison Street that served as the national headquarters for the campaign to win voting rights for women,” says Deborah L. Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House. “It’s a great way to celebrate Election Day, remind ourselves of these hard-earned rights, and honor the courageous women who fought the long and difficult battle to guarantee them.”

An ardent abolitionist, labor activist, educational reformer, temperance worker, suffragist, and women’s rights campaigner, Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 at this home on Madison Street for the crime of voting—it was then a crime because she was a woman. Forty-eight years later, and fourteen years after her death, the 19th Amendment was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote. It is known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in honor of her life’s work for “The Cause.”

The Susan B. Anthony House is located at 17 Madison Street, off West Main. Admission is normally $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students; group tours and custom tours are available by appointment by calling 585-235-6124, ext. 19.

Background: The Susan B. Anthony House was Anthony’s home for the 40 most politically active period of her life and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. It has been preserved in Anthony’s memory as an historic site since 1946 and a National Historic Landmark since 1966. It is supported primarily through the contributions of its members.

Mission Statement: The Susan B. Anthony 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.  For more information, visit our website at www.susanbanthonyhouse.org.


Susan B. Anthony House Co-Sponsors Madrigalia Event

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15

Director of Development & Public Relations

 

Susan B. Anthony House Co-Sponsors Madrigalia Event

 

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House is co-sponsoring Madrigalia’s upcoming weekend of concerts and events surrounding the world premier performance of a piece by renowned composer  Libby Larsen called “Voices of Freedom, Chain of Hope.”

The piece will be performed for the first time in public Friday evening at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m., both concerts at Downtown United Presbyterian Church. Reservations are required by calling 234-4283. Tickets are complimentary.

The Susan B. Anthony House is hosting a community forum and conversation with the composer at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon in its Carriage House, behind the Visitors Center at 19 Madison Street.  To register for the community forum on Saturday, please call 585-279-7490, ext. 10. Reservations are required and again, tickets are complimentary.

Also on Saturday afternoon is an underground railroad walk led by Dr. David Anderson of Akwaaba. That begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel and concludes at the Hochstein School of Music on Plymouth. Transportation will be available at the conclusion of the historic walk to the Anthony House for those attending the community forum or back to the Radisson. Again tickets are complimentary but reservations are required at 234-4283.

“The Anthony House is proud to co-sponsor this important weekend of events,” explains Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House. “Libby Larsen is an exciting composer and her piece focuses on the words of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. We’re happy to be part of it.”

 

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.

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Press Conference at Susan B. Anthony House

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Friday, February 05, 2010 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development

(585) 279-7490, ext. 15

 

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY!

 

Press Conference at Susan B. Anthony House

 

Rochester, NY—Come to the Susan B. Anthony House on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2 p.m. for a press conference to announce a major gift from the Anthony House to the school children of the Rochester City School District.  The press conference will take place in the Carriage House behind the Visitors Center at 19 Madison Street, Rochester.

 

 

 

 

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’s story of courage and determination has been told and retold to visitors for more than 65 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.