Category: Press Releases

Susan B. Anthony Festival to Commemorate 92nd Anniversary of Woman Suffrage

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.

Susan B. Anthony House offers free tours on Election Day

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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 19^th 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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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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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.

Susan B. Anthony House Annual Birthday Luncheon to feature exciting one-act play

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

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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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International Students To Visit Susan B. Anthony House

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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

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.