Category: Press Releases

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Monday, February 1, 2010 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Director of Development & Public Relations

 

Susan B. Anthony House Annual Birthday Luncheon

to feature exciting one-act play

 

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House begins a year of celebrating the 90^th anniversary of the ratification in 1920 of the 19^th Amendment—the Susan B. Anthony Amendment—at its annual birthday luncheon on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 with a stirring one-act play called Hear My Voice: Win The Vote, about the struggle to gain voting rights for women.  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.  The Presenting Sponsor is Van Bortel Ford—Van Bortel Subaru.

Hear My Voice: Win the Vote takes us on a journey back to the first two decades of the 20^th century, essentially the years between Susan B. Anthony’s death in 1906 and the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.  The presentation brings this important history to life in a multi-media production, incorporating the sights and sounds of that tumultuous time, when the battle for political equality raged in the Unites States as another battle plunged nations into a world war. We learn the story through Jessica, a young woman devoted to The Cause in spite of her family’s ardent opposition. We see and sense the struggle through her eyes and through her family’s experiences in World War I.  We watch everyone in Jessica’s family face their own decisions about what they believe is right and the actions they are willing to take on this pivotal issue. Through these difficulties and conflicts before Susan B. Anthony’s vision of political equality for women finally became law, we gain a new understanding of the legacy of all of these courageous pioneer women.

This presentation is the creation of a national production company called Living Voices as part of its series of significant topics from our nation’s history. Portraying Jessica will be actor Elizabeth Rainer from New York City, who has acted in plays all across the country, in movies—including Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating—and in many television shows.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, said, “We are always searching for new and compelling ways to tell history. This performance does all that and more. Most people don’t know the story of the suffrage campaign in its final years and will be both amazed and moved by the courage of the countless pioneer women and men who made it happen.  In addition, as part of the House’s contract with Living Voices, and as a gift to the school children of Rochester, the play will be performed the following day in Rochester city schools. Not only is this an important story to tell, it’s important for us to reach as many people as possible with it, especially young people.”

For more information or to purchase tickets, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org or 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.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15

Director of Development & Public Relations

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Rochester Area Community Foundation and Susan B. Anthony House to re-open the front entrance to the National Historic Landmark

Rochester, NY—Join us at the Susan B. Anthony House this Thursday, December 17, at 4:15 p.m. as we open Miss Anthony’s front door for visitors once again. For the last two months, visitors have entered the National Historic Landmark through the back door into the kitchen while historic restoration was underway on the front porch and steps. Anthony House Board Chair, Clay Arnold, Esq. and Executive Director, Deborah Hughes, will be joined by Rochester Area Community Foundation President, Jennifer Leonard, and Vice President, Community Programs, Edward Doherty for the ribbon-cutting ceremony that will officially re-open the entrance where Susan and Mary Anthony greeted their friends and guests for over 40 years. The funding for the porch restoration was provided by the Historic Preservation Funds of the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, said, “We are exceptionally grateful to the Community Foundation for its support of this restoration project and very pleased to welcome our visitors through the front porch once again. Although historic restoration of the House is an ongoing project and will take several more years before it is fully completed,” Hughes continued, “it was particularly important to us in 2009, the 150^th anniversary of the House itself at #17 Madison Street, to restore its main portal and most photographed face.”

The brief ceremony and ribbon-cutting will take place at the front of the Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison Street. For more information, please call 585-279-7490, ext. 15.

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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Friday, November 06, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15

Director of Development & Public Relations

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY—1 p.m. Sunday

 

International Students To Visit Susan B. Anthony House

 

Rochester, NY—Come to the Susan B. Anthony House at 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2009 for a wonderful photo opportunity featuring a group of international students who are in the United States this year staying with local families.

 

More than a dozen international exchange students will visit the Susan B. Anthony House for a tour at 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2009. They are living with local host families and attending high schools in Webster, Penfield, Irondequoit, Wayne County, and Geneva, as part of the Council on International Educational Exchange. The students are from Kenya, Ghana, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, and Philippines.

 

Following the House tour, the students will attend an afternoon-tea fundraiser that will begin at 3 p.m. and is presented by the Friends of Susan B. Anthony House at the Country Club of Rochester.

 

The CIEE USA High School program is administered by the U.S. State Department and annually hosts more than 1,300 students from more than 55 countries. The focus is on cultural exchange, civic education, and development of leadership skills. Students are selected to participate in this program based on academic and leadership qualifications.

 

For more information on CIEE, please contact Diane Stofer at dmstofer@rochester.rr.com or 585-670-0435.

For more information about the afternoon-tea fundraiser, please contact Betsy Stanton at bstanton@rochester.rr.com or 585-244-8134.

 

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.

Press Release to Georgia Southern University

 

Dr. Elaine S. Marshall, Professor and Bulloch Healthcare Foundation Endowed Chair of the School of Nursing at Georgia Southern University, will be honored by the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York on November 9, 2009. She will present a lecture on the nurse who cared for Anthony during her last days.

Following Election Day in 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested, tried, and found guilty of the crime of voting while being a woman. She devoted the rest of her life to securing the right to vote for women. In 1906, Anthony returned home to Rochester after delivering her last public words, “Failure is impossible.” She went to her room, ill with heart failure and pneumonia, and called for a nurse.

Intrigued by the mystery of the nurse who cared for Anthony in her last days and interested in the nature of nursing care at the dawn of the twentieth century, Dr. Elaine Marshall began her adventure of historical research and discovery. She uncovered the life of the “ordinary” nurse who cared for the “extra-ordinary” suffragist, Susan B. Anthony. The nurse was Margaret Shanks. She not only cared for Anthony and her sister Mary Anthony at the end of their lives, but also served in the Spanish-American war in Chickamauga, Georgia, and is now buried in historic Arlington cemetery. Dr. Marshall published the story of Margaret Shanks in a recent  issue of the prestigious nursing journal, Advances in Nursing Science.

Dr. Marshall not only conducts clinical research in nursing, but has published several works of historical research on the history of nursing. She is past Vice President of the American Association for the History of Nursing and was honored by that organization as a recipient of the Lavinia Dock Award for Outstanding Scholarship on the History of Nursing.

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Monday, September 14, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler (585) 279-7490, ext. 12

Director of Development & Public Relations

“Bakers, Quakers, & Lawbreakers—That Radical Anthony Clan,”

Extraordinary Event Presented by

Mt. Hope Cemetery & Susan B. Anthony House

Rochester, NY—The Susan B. Anthony House and Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery combine their exceptional resources to offer a unique opportunity for fans of history buffs—the chance to hear from and about other Anthonys, lesser-known relatives and one or two almost-relatives who contributed significantly to their communities during their lives and beyond.

The event is called “Bakers, Quakers, & Lawbreakers—That Radical Anthony Clan” and will take place Saturday, October 3, 2009 beginning at 11 a.m. in two parts, approximately one hour at each site. At the Anthony House, the program will take place in the Carriage House on the hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three different presenters will share stories of Susan B. Anthony’s brothers, D.R. and Merritt, her Dickinson cousins, and her almost-relative, Anna Dann Mason.  At the cemetery, the walking tour will take place as people gather at the gatehouse, visiting the gravesites of cousin, Asa Anthony, father Daniel, and others, and learn about their remarkable lives.

The last presentation at the House begins at 3 p.m. and the last walking tour at the cemetery begins around 3:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 each and are available at the gatehouse at Mt. Hope Cemetery during public hours on weekends, at the gift shop at the Susan B. Anthony House during tour hours, Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by calling the Anthony House at 585-279-7490, ext. 10.  Don’t miss this opportunity to find out about the other members of this truly remarkable family that had such a significant influence on Rochester and beyond.

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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September 3, 2009 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 26, October 3, and October 10. Call our volunteer liaison at 585-235-6124, ext. 16 to register. Volunteers need to attend all training sessions to become certified.  Volunteers are then asked to work 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 thousands of visitors each year 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.

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Friday, August 21, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations          (585) 279-7490

 

1872 Monument to be unveiled at 11 a.m. on Saturday;

19^th amendment celebration to follow

Rochester, NY—Join Mayor Robert Duffy, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, and other dignitaries for the unveiling at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, 2009 of the 1872 monument marking the spot on West Main Street (across from Canal Street) where Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women voted in the 1872 presidential election. The monument is the creation of renowned local sculptor Pepsy Kettavong, who also created the Nathaniel Rochester statue in the South Wedge and the Let’s Have Tea sculpture of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, in the park on Madison Street.

Following the unveiling, 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—from noon to 4 p.m. at the Susan B. Anthony House and Susan B. Anthony Park on Madison Street. This marks the 89^th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment.

The amendment celebration includes reduced-price tours of the House and free entertainment in the Susan B. Anthony Park. It also includes, from noon to 2 p.m., presentations in the Anthony House gardens about historic garden rehabilitation. Performances by neighborhood children, a jazz trio from Fairport, and other groups will take place in the park from noon to 4 p.m. Members of the neighborhood association will lead tours around this Historic Preservation District. Artisans from the Well-Woman Institute Limited will sell their handcrafted items in the park.

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’s 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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:

Monday, August 10, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations          (585) 279-7490

 

Susan B. Anthony House and Neighborhood Association to celebrate 19^th Amendment; Vote statue to be dedicated on West Main St.

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 Saturday, August 22, 2009, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Susan B. Anthony House and Susan B. Anthony Park on Madison Street. This marks the 89^th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment.

Prior to the event’s kick-off, at 11 a.m., will be the dedication of the Vote Statue at the site on West Main Street (across from Canal Street) where Susan B. Anthony and 14 others voted in the presidential election of 1872. The statue has been created by renowned local sculptor Pepsy Kettavong, who also created the Nathaniel Rochester statue in the South Wedge and the Let’s Have Tea sculpture of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, in the park on Madison Street.

The amendment celebration includes reduced-price tours of the House and free entertainment in the Susan B. Anthony Park. It also includes, from noon to 2 p.m., presentations in the Anthony House gardens about historic garden rehabilitation. Performances by neighborhood children, a jazz trio from Fairport, and other groups will take place in the park from noon to 4 p.m. Members of the neighborhood association will lead tours around this Historic Preservation District. Artisans from the Well-Woman Institute Limited will sell their handcrafted items in the 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’s 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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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Ellen K. Wheeler, 585-279-7490, ext. 12

Director of Development & Public Relations

Susan B. Anthony as a model for healthy aging:

brought to you by Susan B. Anthony House, HCR & MVP Health Care

 

Rochester, NY—Susan B. Anthony rode on horseback in California’s Yosemite Valley when she was in her seventies. At 74, she wrote to a friend, “I am in the midst of as severe a treadmill as I ever experienced, traveling from 50 to 100 miles every day and speaking 5 or 6 nights a week.” She journeyed to an International Woman’s Conference in Germany at age 84, a trip that took several days by carriage, train, boat, and coach. She faithfully followed a regimen of healthy eating and daily exercise, believing that inactivity meant stagnation, that it hastened both physical and mental decay, neither of which served her purposes.

MVP Health Care and HCR (Home Care of Rochester) have joined with the Susan B. Anthony House for an exciting new program on successful aging based on the life and words of Susan B. Anthony. The three organizations have developed Everything is Possible! Successful Aging with Susan B. Anthony, a one-hour seminar on healthy, active living and aging. Led by representatives of the Susan B. Anthony House and wellness experts from MVP and HCR, including a physical therapist and nutritionist, the interactive and entertaining seminar includes a Susan B. Anthony portrayer speaking her words from diaries, letters, and newspaper interviews about daily exercise, sleep, healthy eating, and other habits that contributed to her full and productive 86-year-long life.

The seminars will take place on June 22 at 1 p.m. at Legacy Park Crescent in Greece, 1000 Providence Circle, off Mt. Read Blvd., and on June 23 at 10 a.m. at MVP Health Care Wellness Center, 220 Alexander Street, Rochester. The cost is $5.00 for Preferred Gold and GoldAnywhere members and $10 for all others. Light refreshments will be served. To register, please call the Susan B. Anthony House at 585-279-7490 Mondays through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit the website at www.susanbanthonyhouse.org. The public is invited to attend.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House, praised the program and the collaboration with two of Rochester’s premier health-care organizations. “There is so much Susan B. Anthony can share with us about healthy living. Not only is she an inspiration to us for civic engagement and reforming the world, but also she is a model of successful aging. We’re delighted to bring this aspect of her remarkable life to people today.”

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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