Why the ERA went MIA Lecturer: Jennifer Lloyd, PhD The Equal Rights Amendment, written by Alice Paul and supported by the National Women's Party, was first proposed in Congress in 1923 but did not pass both houses until 1972. By 1982 thirty states had ratified it, one short of the required number. Why did it...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – June 2021
Lecturer: Shenette Garrette-Scott, PhD “Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal” Did you know that between 1888 and 1930, African Americans opened more than a hundred banks and thousands of other financial institutions? Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott explores this rich period of black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S....Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – October 2021
Lecturer: Marguerite Kearns, author and activist An Unfinished Business: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights Marguerite Kearns Edna Buckman Kearns is best known for her horse-drawn suffrage campaign wagon, called the “Spirit of 1776,” that was used in New York City and Long Island suffrage parades, pageants, and special organizing events. Marguerite...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – November 2021
Lecturer: Dr. Elizabeth Masarik, PhD, The State College at Brockport Teacher, Activist, Radical: The Life and Legacy of Jovita Idar Dr. Elizabeth Masarik, PhD Born in Laredo, TX to a political family, Jovita organized La Liga Feminil in 1911 to push for women’s rights. Idar was an advocate for women’s suffrage and a champion of children...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – January 2022
Lecturer: Deborah L. Hughes, President and CEO, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House The Changing Faces of Susan B. Anthony Deborah L. Hughes Description of this lecture to come. This lecture will be presented online, with each presentation offered to registered guests at 1pm ET. Individual lectures are available at $30 each, with limited number...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – March 2022
New to the Monday Lecture Series Schedule! Note change of Date & Lecture! LECTURER: Rebecca Hall, JD, PHD Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Dr. Rebecca Hall is a scholar, activist and educator, who writes and speaks on the history of race, gender, law and resistance, as well as on climate justice...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – April 2022
Lecturer: Meredith Roman, PhD - The State College at Brockport Too Black, Too Strong: Angela Davis’s Revolutionary “Freedom Dreams” and U.S. State Violence Meredith Roman Angela Davis is a revolutionary feminist who has exposed America’s white supremacist, patriarchal, capitalist order for over five decades. Dr. Meredith Roman shares how U.S. leaders mobilized to neutralize Davis in...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – May 2022
Lecturer: Jennifer Lloyd, PhD Susan B. Anthony II: Activist, Journalist, Writer, U of R Graduate Jennifer Lloyd, PhD This lecture will be presented online, with each presentation offered to registered guests at 1pm ET. Individual lectures are available at $30 each, with limited number of viewers. To purchase individual lectures, please text monday-lecture-series-2 to 585-440-8825 or call 844-787-2626 (844-SUSANB6) or...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – June 2022
Join us on Wednesday, October 8 at 1 p.m. when Dr. Serenity Sutherland, Associate Professor of communication studies at SUNY Oswego, will give a talk entitled "Visualizing the History of Women's Scientific Networks." The talk will be presented in-person and is available virtually. Register here.
Join us for our Guest Lecture in November 2025, as Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO, National Susan B. Anthony Museum, & House explores “Racism and Anti-Racism: Some Lessons from Susan B.” Attend in person, or virtually. For reservations and more information about this presentation and our Guest Lecture series, visit Guest Lecture Series
On December 10, our Guest Lecturer will join us on zoom to present, "The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland" Join other guests in person in the Anthony Museum Carriage House, or choose the virtual option. For more information and to make a reservation, visit our Guest...Continue reading “The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland”
Join us for a presentation by Sarah L.H. Gronningsater, author of The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom. To register, visit our Guest lecture Series page.
