Women Making History from 1917-2017 Presentation

Join the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library

March 7, 2017

12:12 – 12:52 pm

Presenter:

Deborah L. Hughes, President and CEO,

National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

Kate Gleason Auditorium

Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County

115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY

This year marks the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in New York State, and women now hold unprecedented levels of leadership in government. Hear about events planned for upstate New York within the historical context of women’s longstanding struggle for political, social and economic equality.

Election Coverage November 2016 Media Round Up

For over a week, there were fifteen media outlets including all of the Rochester network affiliates – 8, 10, and 13, Time Warner Cable News, the Democrat & Chronicle as well as national and international media including the New York Times, CNN, and the BBC came or called to the home where Susan B. Anthony lived and worked for over 40 years.

Before the election, CNN Digital sent reporter Tiara Chiaromonte to interview Deborah Hughes the weekend before the election. The CNN digital interview went “viral” with more than 60,000 viewers seeing it on our Facebook page and over SIX MILLION viewers at CNN: http://ow.ly/WkqQ306y0HZ

Also during the week leading up to the election, Susan B. Anthony Museum & House President & CEO Deborah Hughes was interviewed by nyupstate.com from Syracuse and Channel 4 from Buffalo: http://ow.ly/KDa5306y0Op

 

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One of the more poignant interviews during the week leading up to the election was conducted by Berkely Brean of Channel 10.  Brean interviewed Dr. Ruth Scott, Lois Geiss, and Deborah Hughes in the Attic of 17 Madison Street, the home of Susan B. Anthony. Dr. Scott served on the Rochester City Council from 1977-89. In 1986, Dr. Scott was elected as the Council’s first President. Scott’s leadership was instrumental as the City moved from a City Manager form of government to a directly elected mayor.  Lois Geiss also served as Rochester City Council President. Anthony Museum & House President & CEO Deborah Hughes pointed out that the third floor of the house, known as the garret or attic, the location of the interview was dedicated to the woman’s suffrage movement.

On Election Day there was a flurry of activity at the Museum! From New York City, came a reporter and photographer from the New York Times.   The journalists were part of a news team of female journalists who were sent to various locations around the country to report the events of the day. http://ow.ly/nwsx306y1dU

At the end of a very busy day, reporter Solina Lewis from Channel 8 interviewed Deborah Hughes and also did a live report from our parking lot for the 6:00 p.m. News.

View all media coverage

Democrat & Chronicle http://ow.ly/bPN8306y2zC

WROC-TV 8 http://ow.ly/Nwkc306y284  and http://ow.ly/m7mB306y2e9

Live Coverage of gravesite http://ow.ly/8rnZ306y2Uq

WHAM-TV 13 http://ow.ly/mH5y306y2K4

WXXI-TV http://ow.ly/ZfNa306y3je

BBC http://ow.ly/HpsC306y3yw

Talk of the Town http://ow.ly/lvSy306y3IG

Time Warner Cable News http://ow.ly/OpUI306y4az and http://ow.ly/eBAr306y4bu

Huffington Post  http://ow.ly/zFtj306y4BX