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Upcoming Event: 2014 Susan B. Anthony Festival

The 2014 Susan B. Anthony Festival will take place on Sunday, August 17, from noon to 5pm in the Susan B. Anthony Park between Madison & King Streets. This annual event celebrates the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote. The amendment is better known as the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment”.

ChetCatallo2Live music & entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon in the Park. Local artists include 6-time Grammy nominee and 2012 Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester “Artist of the Year”, Chet Catallo & the Cats, who will perform at 3pm. Also performing are Cammy Enharo, the Raging Grannies, and the Spiritus Christi Choir. Food vendors and unique artisans will also be on hand.

tours (3)Free walking tours of this 19th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered, beginning in the Park. Tours of the Anthony House will be available at a discounted cost for the event.

This event is presented by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the Anthony Museum, said, “Susan B. Anthony worked all her life to give women a voice. Considering the events of the past year, her work is as relevant today as it was when she was living.”

Dawn Noto, President of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, said, “We are very excited for the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival. Our Historic Preservation District is looking fantastic and this festival gives us an opportunity to share the collaborative work this community has done.”

 

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Happy 50th Birthday, Gladys Nocon Songer!

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“With Miss Anthony the love of family was especially intense…”

– Ida Hustead Harper, The Life & Work of Susan B. Anthony

 In this tradition, Nannette Nocon, of Nocon & Associates, has generously sponsored today at the Anthony Museum in honor of her sister, Gladys Nocon Songer’s, 50th birthday!

 Nocon, a private wealth advisor for 30 years, is also the author of several children’s books, including, What’s Up with Yuk?, “an art book on positive & negative choices”.

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Special Members Event!

neighborhood-girlDo you have children or grandchildren entering grades 3 – 6?

Join the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Susan B’s Summer Fun in the Sun program on Wednesday, July 30, from 3pm – 5pm, for games, activities, refreshments, and more, including:

  • Sculpture Creation
  • Alligator Purse Game
  • Sidewalk Murals
  • Tour Miss Anthony’s home 

    This event is complimentary for members, but space is limited! Register below to reserve your spot!

    **Children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the event. At least one adult per every two children is required.

    For more information, please contact our Program Director, Annie Callanan, or call 585/235-6124 x19.

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Monday Lecture Series Special Presentation

Image courtesy of Mercer University Press.
Image courtesy of Mercer University Press.

Special Monday Lecture Series Summer Date

Monday August 4, 2014, for one presentation with Lunch at noon

Author Carolyn Newton Curry

SUFFER & GROW STRONG: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas

Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, born in 1834 in Georgia, kept a diary for 41 years of her life before, during, and after the Civil War.  The aftermath of the war brought bankruptcy, the death of loved ones, serious illness, and devastating family strife. Thomas examined what was happening, asked questions, and strived to find ways to improve her family’s dire economic straits.  She started a school in her home and later ran a boardinghouse out of the old family mansion.  She became active in many women’s organizations including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Suffrage Movement. She wrote articles for newspapers.  She was elected president of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association. Her life is an amazing story of survival and transformation that speaks to women in our own time.

Ms. Curry will have her book available for sale and she will be available to sign her book after her presentation.

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Holiday Closing

The Museum & offices will be closed on Friday, July 4th, for Independence Day.

The Museum will reopen at 11am on Saturday, July 5th.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

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The Susan B. Anthony Legacy Experience: Be Part of the Story

The Program:
Monday, August 4, 2014

  • A special tour of the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
  • An evening of wine tasting and dinner with Rochester’s own Holly Howell featuring New York state wines and women vintners

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

  • Program with Rochester city historian, Christine Ridarsky
  • Motor coach tour of some of the key Rochester landmarks in our story
  • A special docent-led tour to the graves of Anthony and Frederick Douglass
  • An afternoon program at the Rochester Museum and Science Center by historian and Underground Railroad expert, Dr. David Anderson
  • Special viewing of Anthony artifacts from the Rochester Museum vault
  • Dinner at the beautiful and historic Perkins Mansion
  • A evening of entertainment by the group “Then Again”

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

  • A bus trip to Auburn and the William Seward House for a special “Suffrage” tour
  • Lunch at the Spring Side Inn on the shores of beautiful Owasco Lake
  • Afternoon programs at the Wesleyan Chapel, the Women’s Rights National Park, and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton home
  • A late afternoon drive through the Finger Lakes with dinner at Bristol Harbor Lodge overlooking beautiful Canandaigua Lake.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

  • Explore an interest in depth. Choose one seminar: “The Little Known Story of the Anti-Suffragists” or “Susan B. Anthony: A Champion for Nursing”
  • Travel to the Anthony House for a closing program: “Leadership in the Anthony Tradition-Unfinished Business” by the Susan B. Anthony Institute of the University of Rochester
  • Closing Remarks by Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

 

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Sharing Stories

For every visitor at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, our staff and volunteers are dedicated to “keeping Susan B. Anthony’s vision alive & relevant”. Our tours and programs aim to “challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities”. Our passion is sharing Susan B. Anthony’s story with all of you, but it is always special when guests share their stories with us: what brought them to the House or how a previous visit inspired them in some way.

On May 17th, 2014, a smiling woman appeared in our Visitor Center, dressed in graduation cap & gown, and proclaimed, “The Susan B. Anthony House changed my life”. This guest had attended one of our women’s programs several years ago, when she was middle-aged and homeless. That day, something about the House and the story of Susan B. Anthony inspired her. “Susan B. Anthony said ‘Failure is impossible!’ and I decided it was time for me to tackle the barriers in my life,” she said. “Today, I graduated with a Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of Rochester. I came here as soon as the graduation ceremony was over to say thank you”.

Susan B. Anthony, who in the 1890’s worked to admit the first women to the University of Rochester, would have loved to hear this story. It certainly touched every one here that day and has inspired us in return.

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To view our programs, mission & vision, or to show your support, please visit our website.

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Upcoming Event!

FIPbannerFragile Freedom

Saturday July 12, at 2:00 pm in the Carriage House

General Admission: $15 / Members: $10

FRAGILE FREEDOM, written and performed by Christine Emmert, is a personal look at the struggle of women to achieve the elective franchise.  It is directed by Richard Emmert.  Stage manager is Donna Samluk.

“Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.” – Germaine Greer

 

This one-woman play takes an historical look at the fight for woman’s political freedom and includes a look at figures, such as Lucy Burns, Lucretia Mott, and, of course, Susan B. Anthony. Ms. Emmert draws parallels between the past and the present with a script that is sprinkled with words of wisdom from Maya Angelou, Marian Anderson, Virginia Woolf, Gloria Steinem and others, emphasizing that our freedom as women is still “unfinished business”.

Tickets are available online or by calling our office at 585/279-7490 ext. 10. Members of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House receive discounted admission.

 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Christine Emmert is a born feminist and has been an actress, playwright, director, and educator for over fifty years.  Presently she volunteers in the Hopewell National Park outreach program where she brings tales of women’s struggles to a wider audience than that of the National Park.  This summer she is also performing in the Berkshires in August with her one-woman play, RED ROSE, about the life of Rosa Luxemburg.

Another of Ms. Emmert’s works, “From Out the Fiery Furnace,” was performed at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in 2013.

FRAGILE FREEDOM is part of Hopewell Furnace National Park’s outreach program to raise money for preserving the Hopewell stoves that still exist.  Hopewell Furnace National Parks gave women equal pay for equal work and access to any job in the community in the 1800s, and so it is a good match with the struggle for the elective franchise.  The Friends of Hopewell support this production as an educational tool.