Celebrate Your Vote with the Friends of Susan B. Anthony House

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Monday, October 2, 2006 Ellen K. Wheeler

Director of Development & Public Relations

(585) 279-7490, ext. 12

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Celebrate Your Vote

with the Friends of Susan B. Anthony House

 

Rochester, NY—The Friends of the Susan B. Anthony House invite the community to its inaugural event, Celebrate Your Vote, on Sunday, October 29, 2006. The event begins at 3 p.m. with high tea at the Rochester Club Ballroom, followed by a screening of Ken Burns’ Not for Ourselves Alone at the Little Theater at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at 585-381-2121 and at the Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison Street, 14608. Event tickets are $40.00, or $20.00 for the movie alone. Seating is limited.

Celebrate your Vote is the inaugural event of The Friends of the Susan B. Anthony House, an organization founded in 2006 by Betsy Stanton and Jolene Smith. The goal of the organization is to increase awareness of the House museum and raise additional funds for the House.

The Susan B. Anthony House shares the story of Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong struggle to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all.  We keep her vision and struggle alive by owning and protecting Anthony’s National Historic Landmark home; collecting artifacts and research materials directly related to her life and work; and making these resources available to the public through tours, publications, educational and interpretive programs, and the Internet.  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.