National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

POSTPONED – Votercade 2020 at Mt. Hope Cemetery
2020-07-25 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Mt Hope Cemetery, 791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14620, United States
This event has been postponed until 2021, new date to be announced.
791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620
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In collaboration with Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery

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Women’s 19th Amendment Centennial Celebration Tournament
2020-08-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Ravenwood Golf Club, 929 Lynaugh Rd, Victor, New York, 14564, United States
to Benefit the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Sponsored by
organized by the
LPGA Amateur Golf Association – Rochester Chapter.
Location: Ravenwood Golf Club
Date: August 23, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm Shotgun Start
Entry Fee: $100*/ LPGA Amateur Members
$125*/ All Other Golfers
$50/ Dinner Program only
* Fee includes Electric Carts, Driving Range, 18 Holes of Golf & Dinner
Format: 18 Holes of Stroke Play Foursomes or Scramble Foursomes if requested.
Eligibility: Open to All Golfers, Amateurs and Professionals
Prizes: Four Competition Holes: (golf professionals ineligible)

Closest to the Line
Closest to the Pin
Longest Putt
Longest Drive

Program: Celebrating 2020 as the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this event will benefit the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. It is organized by the LPGA Amateur Golf Association – Rochester Chapter.
Food & Drink: A celebratory meal (included in the entry fee) will be served in the clubhouse after play. Prizes and give-a-ways will be awarded along with a brief presentation. There will be a cash bar. Any CDC and State Guidelines for social distancing at that time will be adhered to.
Registration: https://conta.cc/2NDOb1L Open now and closes August 14
Contact: Stella Slaight
(585) 750-8954
sslaight@rochester.rr.com

19th Amendment Musical Celebration
2020-08-26 18:30 - 19:30 | NY
Tune in to Facebook and YouTube next Wednesday at 6:30 PM for a special performance in honor of the 100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment LIVE at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House! Featuring Principal Second Violin Rob Simonds, Assistant Principal Second Violin Daryl Perlo (The James E. Dumm Chair, funded in perpetuity), Willa Finck (violin), Olita Povero (viola), Ingrid Bock (cello), Hayley Grainger (flute), Kamalia Freyling (clarinet), and Karl Vilcins (bassoon).
PLEASE NOTE: Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no live audience at this performance.

Suffragist City Parade
2020-09-20 18:00 - 19:00 | NY
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020Virtual March! The Parade will go on!!

6:00 PM EDT – BROADCAST
Click here for the link to the Broadcast page.

More information here

Monday Lecture Series – September 2020
2020-09-21 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
Cartooning for Suffrage!: Nina Evans Allender
Lecturer: Ronnie Frishman
For more information on Ronnie Frishman and her latest project, click here for a PDF.
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Registration is closed.
Individual lectures are $25 each.

POSTPONED Votercade 2020 at Geneva, NY
2020-10-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Finger Lakes Welcome Center, 35 Lake Front Drive, Geneva, NY, 14456, United States
This event has been postponed until 2021, new date to be announced.

Monday Lecture Series – October 2020
2020-10-19 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
Women in the Nixon Administration: Defining Simple Justice
Lecturer: Yi Shun Lai, MFA
In 1969, during President Richard Nixon’s second press conference as president, journalist Vera Glazer asked if he was planning on doing better than appointing thee women per 200 high-level Cabinet and policy-making appointments he’d made thus far in his administration.

This question, set against the backdrop of Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique and the formation of the National Organization for Women, would give rise to a task force that would eventually more than triple the number of women hired into significant positions in Nixon’s administration, and give rise to the first female FBI agents and generals.

Yi Shun Lai wrote the Nixon Foundation and Presidential Library’s most recent permanent exhibit about the task force leading to these results, which was colloquially referred to as “A Matter of Simple Justice.” In this talk, she’ll share what she learned over her deep dive into the project. Attendees will learn about the “Women’s Program,” and get a rare view of what it’s like to put together a museum exhibit.

This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

For The Future
2020-11-08 14:00 - 15:00 | NY
FOR THE FUTURE: THE SUSAN B. ANTHONY HISTORIC DISTRICT (MUSIC, ART AND ACTION)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020
2:00 PM 3:00 PM

fivebyfive will be starting our season focused on the Rochester community, teaming up with ROCmusic Collaborative, the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood, and the Landmark Society for a collaborative virtual program, For the Future: The Susan B. Anthony Historic District (Music, Art, and Action) Sunday November 8th at 2pm.
This event will feature the world premiere of music composed for the event by Mina Esary in collaboration with the ROCmusic students, performed by fivebyfive and the students. This new work will be the catalyst for a community talk-back about the complicated dimensions of the suffrage movement: the history of the movement, who was included, who was excluded, and what work is still needed.
Community talk-back panelists include:
Jean Elisabeth Pedersen – Associate Professor of History at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester
Deborah Hughes – President and CEO of the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House
Cona Marshall – Assistant Professor in Religious Studies and African and African American Studies at the University of Rochester
Kathryn Murano Santos – Senior Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Rochester Museum and Science Center

The event will be virtual and will feature three parts:
1) A video premiere of a new work by composer Mina Esary which will feature students from the ROCMusic Collaborative with fivebyfive
2) A community talkback
3) An optional socially distanced neighborhood walk in the Susan B. Anthony district

For more information and to register, click here.
Registration is required

Monday Lecture Series – December 2020
2020-12-14 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
Relationships, Rights, and Reforms: Sophonisba Breckinridge, Same-Sex Relationships, and Social Justice
Lecturer: Anya Jabour, PhD
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Monday Lecture Series – January 2021
2021-01-11 13:00 - 13:30 | NY
Migrant Longing: Letter Writing across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Miroslava Chavez- Garcia, PhD
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Monday Lecture Series – February 2021
2021-02-08 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
The Role of Imagery in Social Movements
Lecturer: Tamar W. Carroll, PhD
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Susan B. Anthony Birthday Gala 2021
2021-02-10 19:00 - 19:30 | NY
In a break with tradition, the Anthony Museum has made plans to safely share Susan B. Anthony’s birthday celebration with their biggest audience ever through a televised broadcast. The “Gala” will be a 1/2 hour program on WROC-TV at 7pm on Wednesday, February 10, and will also be streamed on the internet. An inspiring program is planned that will be memorable and entertaining. As in other years, it will also serve as the major fundraising event for the Anthony Museum. Click here to give now.
The keynote speaker will be Susan Zirinsky, acclaimed journalist and groundbreaking producer, now president and senior executive producer of CBS News. Her nickname in the newsroom is “Z.” Like Anthony, she is described as “legendary” and “trailblazing.”
Zirinsky recently received the National Press Club’s highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award. “Susan Zirinsky is the personification of journalistic perseverance, tenacity, and integrity,” Club President Michael Freedman said. “Like the best of those before her at the network of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, Susan leads by example, displaying the courage of her convictions and making a positive difference—at CBS News and throughout the profession. She is a role model not only for women but for everyone who is dedicated to journalistic ethics and excellence. We are proud to honor her achievements—and that’s the way it is.”
The theme of the 2021 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Gala is A 2 Z, saluting the intersection between Susan B. Anthony as a public relations maven, author, and newspaper editor, and Susan Zirinsky, broadcast media icon.
In her biography of Anthony, broadcast journalist and author Lynn Sherr noted: “Acutely aware of the power of the printed word, [Susan B. Anthony] was a one-woman press phenomenon, utilizing every aspect of the media that existed—daily newspapers, monthly magazines, women’s journals—to promote The Cause with impressive skill.”*
These two women understand the power and influence of the press. They never let a glass ceiling limit their work, their ascendance, or their impact as they open the world for others.
Questions related to the 2021 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Gala may be directed to pr@susanb.org.
For sponsorship opportunities both before and during the broadcast event, please call 585.249.7490, x 712.
*Lynn Sherr, Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words, © 1995, Random House.

Monday Lecture Series – March 2021
2021-03-08 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
Suffragists: Public Relations Pioneers
Lecturer: Arien Rozelle
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Wreath Hanging Ceremony
2021-03-13 11:00 - 11:30 | National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House Commemorates
Susan B. Anthony’s Death and Legacy

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will host a ceremonial wreath hanging on the front steps of 17 Madison Street, the National Historic Landmark that was Susan B. Anthony’s home and headquarters, on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
The brief ceremony commemorates the 115th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death and will include remarks by Anthony Museum President & CEO, Deborah L. Hughes.
Events of this past year have shown us that Susan B. Anthony is as relevant as ever, even 115 years after her death. Come join us as we celebrate the life and accomplishments of this remarkable woman who called Rochester her home.
This event is free and open to the public.

“Provocative Mothers” with Suzanne Schnittman
2021-03-23 14:00 - 15:00 | NY
Suzanne Schnittman’s book, Provocative Mothers and Their Precocious Daughters, presents the engaging lives of four pioneers in the women’s rights and abolitionist movements and their four daughters. Each helped procure woman suffrage in her own way, demonstrating the richness of family influences in building activism and character. Suzanne will share some of their most enticing stories.
Suzanne Schnittman earned her PhD in American History at the University of Rochester. After teaching for many years at a number of colleges in New York, she retired to pursue her passion: women’s history. She currently works as an independent scholar, which affords her the time to research women like those she explores in her latest book. She lives in Rochester, where she participates in many endeavors that promote the area’s academic, women’s and children’s concerns.
This is an on-line lecture, presented via Zoom link. .
Further information, including the Zoom link will be sent out the Friday before the March 23 talk.

Click here to register.

Monday Lecture Series – April 2021
2021-04-12 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
When White Women Wanted a Monument to Black “Mammies”: A 1923 Fight Shows Confederate Monuments Are About Power, Not Southern Heritage
Lecturer: Alison Parker, PhD
Alison Parker is History Department Chair & Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware. She has research and teaching interests in women’s and gender history, African American history, and legal history. Dr. Parker is going to share a slice of history about white women’s racist memorialization to the “Black Mammy. Her insights were published in a New York Time’s editorial in February 2020.
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture. Please let us know if you have not received an email by April 9th at 5pm.

Monday Lecture Series – May 2021
2021-05-10 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
Manhood Enslaved: Bondmen in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century New Jersey
Ken Marshall, PhD
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Monday Lecture Series – June 2021
2021-06-07 13:00 - 14:30 | NY
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 take nearly fifty years to pass Congress and why wasn’t ratified? What would it mean for women if ratification was successful?
This lecture will be presented online, offered to registered guests at 1pm ET.
Space is limited—make your reservations today online here or call 585.279.7490.
Individual lectures are $25 each. NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Vines + Stitches Benefit
2021-09-11 13:00 - 16:00 | HUNT COUNTRY VINEYARDS 4021 ITALY HILL RD, BRANCHPORT, NY 14418, 4021 Italy Hill Rd, Branchport, NY, 14418, United States
Saturday, September 11, 2021 1:00-4:00 PM Hunt Country Vineyards

4021 Italy Hill Rd, Branchport, NY 14418

This fun event is staged at an historic Finger Lakes vineyard, where you’ll enjoy a trolley ride around the property, taste a curated selection of wines from the award-winning Finger Lakes wine region, enjoy a delicious sampling of foods from The Hideaway, and view the 2020 Quilt, the Anthony Museum project that was created for the Centennial Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Eat, drink, and mingle as you enjoy a special afternoon at this Keuka Lake vineyard.
Capacity is limited. Reserve your spot today.
Your health and safety and that of our other guests and staff are important to us. Please note that proof of COVID vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the event is required for entry. We request that all attendees wear a mask in indoor spaces or when physical distancing is not possible while at the event.

For additional sponsorship opportunities, contact Lesia A. Telega, Director of Development& Membership, at 585.279.7490 ext 712.This event to benefit the Anthony Museum.

Monday Lecture Series – October 2021
2021-10-11 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
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. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. Join us to hear about the formidable Maggie Lena Walker, a Black woman who made her way from teller to boardroom, as she met the needs of middle and working class Blacks against the threats of white and male supremacy.
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 become a Monday Lecture Series Season Patron or to purchase individual lectures,
please text monday-lecture-series-2 to 585-440-8825
or call 844-787-2626 (844-SUSANB6) or click here to purchase online.
NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Monday Lecture Series – November 2021
2021-11-08 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
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 (Culp) Kearns—a writer and historian—grew up listening to her grandfather Wilmer Kearns’ stories about her late suffrage activist grandmother Edna Kearns—back when women couldn’t vote and equality seemed like an impossible dream.
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 click here to purchase online.
NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Monday Lecture Series – December 2021
2021-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
Lecturer: Karen Lankeshofer, cycling enthusiast.
Elsa Von Blumen: Woman Racer of 1880
Karen Lankeshofer
A premier female athlete before a “woman professional athlete” was thought possible, Elsa Von Blumen, was a prominent figure on the bicycle-racing scene in the 1880s. All but forgotten today, Von Blumen grew up in Rochester, NY, and was soon enticed to try high-wheel bicycle riding. Join us to hear Karen Lankeshofer talk about this unrecognized hometown pioneer.

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 click here to purchase online.
NOTE: The link to the online lecture will be sent to registrants the Friday before the scheduled lecture.

Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
2022-02-09 | Joseph A Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main Street,Rochester, NY, 123 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY, United States
The Anthony Museum and its Administrative Offices will be closed today. The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House presents The 2022 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 6pm Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center | 123 East Main Street | Rochester, New York Keynote Speaker: MiMi Aung We’re pleased to welcome MiMi Aung as the keynote speaker for the 2022 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration. Aung is an engineer and former project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Aung was the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Project Manager from the earliest stages of development in 2014 through the successful completion of flight tests on Mars. Recently, Aung joined Amazon Project Kuiper, an initiative to increase broadband access through a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. She is motivated by the opportunity to extend high-quality broadband to more places, including unserved and underserved communities around the world. Aung has received numerous accolades, including Time Magazine’s Time 100: The Most Influential People of 2021 and BBC’s 100 Women 2019.

Registration has now closed for the February 9th Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration, but we have created a wait list in case any seats become available between now and February 9.

If you are interested in being added to our wait list, please email RSVP@susanb.org or call 585.279.7490

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required.
Unable to attend? Please consider making a year-end gift! Click HERE to make a gift.

Wreath Hanging Ceremony
2022-03-13 11:00 - 11:30 | National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House Commemorates
Susan B. Anthony’s Death and Legacy

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will host a ceremonial wreath hanging on the front steps of 17 Madison Street, the National Historic Landmark that was Susan B. Anthony’s home and headquarters, on Saturday, March 13, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
The brief ceremony commemorates the 116th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death and will include remarks by Anthony Museum President & CEO, Deborah L. Hughes.
Susan B. Anthony is as relevant as ever, even 115 years after her death. Come join us as we celebrate the life and accomplishments of this remarkable woman who called Rochester her home.
This event is free and open to the public.

Party in the Park on June 17!
2023-06-17 12:00 - 14:00 | Susan B. Anthony Square Park, Rochester, NY
Join us on June 17th at Susan B. Anthony Square Park as we celebrate the start of Civic Season with music, history, and food! The afternoon will be a time to enjoy the summer sun, sign your name on a copy of Susan B.’s century-old guestbook, see the names and stories of influential suffragists, and add your chalk drawings to our sidewalk. All are welcome to attend for free from Noon – 2pm.
What is the Civic Season? It is a new tradition in American History, from Juneteenth to July 4th. Remember the people and events of our past while celebrating the fact that we are still making history today! For more information on how this tradition began, check out History Made By Us.
Light refreshments will be provided. This event is come-and-go as you please, so no need to RSVP. Rain location: Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison Street.

2024 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
2024-02-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Joseph A Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main Street,Rochester, NY, 123 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY, United States
Join us on February 7th, 2024 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center to celebrate the birthday of Susan B. Anthony. In the same way that the suffragist hosted her birthday celebrations during her lifetime, this will be an opportunity to encourage one another in the pursuit of equality and give in support of the mission.
We are delighted to announce Candacy Taylor as our keynote speaker for the 2024 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration. An award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian, Taylor is best known for her recent book, Overground Railroad, which documents the history of the Green Book and its role in the lives of 20th century people of color in the United States. Get on Board for this inspiring Dinner Program as we continue to lay the Tracks of Change started by changemakers like Susan B. Anthony.
To reserve your seat at this inspiring celebration, click this link!

Voter Registration at the Anthony Museum
2024-03-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Are you ready for election season? Register to vote at the Anthony Museum on March 8, 2024, 11am – 2pm! Volunteers will be ready to assist you in the Carriage House, located directly behind our Visitor Center at 19 Madison Street.

“Making Headlines: The NAWSA National Press Bureau” Monday Lecture Series
2024-03-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join the Anthony Museum for our Monday Lecture on March 11, 2024, featuring Arien Rozelle, M.S., APR, Assistant Professor at St. John Fisher University, as she shares, “Making Headlines: The NAWSA National Press Bureau.” Reservations are available for in-person attendance with a boxed lunch for $35, or virtually for $30.

Wreath Hanging
2024-03-13 11:00 - 11:15 | Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will host a ceremonial wreath hanging on the front steps of 17 Madison Street, the National Historic Landmark that was Susan B. Anthony’s home and headquarters, on March 13, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
The brief ceremony commemorates the 118th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death and will include remarks by Anthony Museum President & CEO, Deborah L. Hughes.

View the Total Solar Eclipse at the Anthony Museum!
2024-04-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Susan B. Anthony Square Park, Rochester, NY
In partnership with the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the West Main Street Business Association, the Anthony Museum invites you to gather with friends and neighbors to watch a once-in-a-century solar event from 2pm to 4pm in Susan B. Anthony Square Park on Monday, April 8!

This event is completely FREE: solar-safe viewing glasses will be provided! Stop by the Museum Shop to purchase your limited edition t-shirt, featuring a total solar eclipse quote from Susan B. Anthony herself!
