National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

Wreath Hanging Ceremony
2021-03-13 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | 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!

June Monday Lecture Series
2024-06-10 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
Join us Monday, June 10 at 1 pm for our final Monday Lecture Series presentation of the 2023-2024 season! This month’s lecture, “Enforcing Gender at the Polls: Transing Voters and Women’s Suffrage before the American Civil War,” is presented by Andrew Wender Cohen, Professor of History at Syracuse University and Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Carol Faulkner, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of History at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Before Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872, individuals deemed women by society dressed in men’s clothes and went to the polls, defying the gender divide that characterized the nineteenth-century American electoral system. Based on more than seventy newspaper articles, and twenty-eight distinct cases, this presentation explores the significance of these illicit voters for American democracy and debates over women’s suffrage in the decades before the Civil War.
Registration for in-person and zoom attendance is still available. Click HERE to register.

Civic Season Susan B. History Hunt
2024-06-15 - 2024-06-16 | NY
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is proud to be participating in Civic Season again this year! What is Civic Season? Civic Season is a new tradition for self-discovery and civic upskilling, co-created by Gen Z and cultural institutions. Civic Season encourages participants to discover their story and how they’ll power our democracy, aided by a vast array of credible, relevant sources. Civic Season is the flagship program from Made By Us, a network of hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries and archives unleashing access to history for younger generations who have the most at stake. Click the links for more information about Civic Season and Made By Us.
After visiting Susan B. Anthony’s National Historic Landmark home, pick up our Susan B. History Hunt card at the front desk or view it on our website and explore the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood and greater Rochester. Not local to Rochester? No problem! We have a digital edition of the Susan B. History Hunt card that is not specific to Rochester below. The History Hunt card encourages participants to visit historic sites, view public art, learn more about historic figures, and visit local businesses. Complete five of the activities in a row, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Have fun exploring and be sure to tag @susanbhouse.
Rochester Edition
Your Hometown Edition (Not Rochester Specific)

FEMINIST CHANGE-MAKERS: ROCHESTER’S TOPFREE SEVEN presented by Jennifer Lloyd, Ph.D.
2024-09-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
In the summer of 1986 seven Rochester woman attracted national attention when they were arrested for taking off their tops and baring their breasts at a picnic in Cobbs Hill Park. Their purpose was to challenge a New York law that allowed men but not women to go top free, arguing that the law was discriminatory. In the subsequent trial the judge ignored their claim of discrimination and instead ruled that their protest was an act of free of speech. He failed to address the law’s inequality. The women persisted with their challenge and at a larger picnic in 1989 ten women were arrested for being topless. This time they argued on the grounds of unequal treatment, which failed, and they were convicted. Their aim all along had been to challenge the law’s constitutionality in a higher court through an appeal, which their conviction allowed them to do. Their appeal was upheld, and their convictions overturned, although the law was never repealed. This talk will tell the full story.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
$250 in-person season pass
$225 virtual season pass
$35 in-person individual lecture
$35 virtual individual lecture

National Voter Registration Day
2024-09-17 11:00 - 17:00 | National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is participating in National Voter Registration Day on September 17, 2024! Join us in celebrating democracy by helping us get every eligible American registered and #VoteReady for their next trip to the ballot box in 2024 and beyond!
From 11 am to 5 pm the Anthony Museum Visitor Center will be open and have staff available for anyone that would like assistance in registering to vote! We will be available to answer your questions, direct you to online resources, and provide printed registration forms. Voter registration forms will be available in English and Spanish. Monroe County Board of Elections will also be on site from 2 pm to 5 pm to assist in registering voters.

Nursing Specialty Tour
2024-10-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Rochester, New York was the birthplace of professional nursing, and Susan B. Anthony worked alongside many women to establish nursing as a recognized profession. Learn more about the Susan B. Anthony and others who fought this fight, how they did it, and what it means for us today on this special tour!

Radical: Susan B. Anthony, Spiritualism, and Women’s Rights in Lily Dale, New York
2024-10-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Lily Dale, New York, was founded at the apex of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States, and unsurprisingly that struggle was in the hearts and on the minds of the radical feminists who co-founded this fascinating intentional Spiritualist community. Spiritualism’s Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale reveals the role that the radical (and conservative) women’s rights activists like Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, and others played in Lily Dale–and the role that Lily Dale played in Progressive-era politics, including suffrage and Temperance. As an intentional community devoted to Spiritualist beliefs and practices, Lily Dale brings together multiple strands in the social and religious history of New York and the United States over the past 150 years: feminism, social reform, utopianism, and new religious movements.
In this event the authors of Spiritualism’s Place will discuss the intersections of women’s rights, radical religion, and Temperance in New York. As a nexus of Progressive-era change, Lily Dale is a fascinating case study, a place and moment in these histories, and Spiritualism’s Place captures the vibes and the venue.
Copies of the book, Spiritualism’s Place, will be available to purchase at the Museum Store and the book signing will follow the presentation.
Members $25 SOLD OUT
Member Special $50 (includes your reservation and book) SOLD OUT
Non-Members $30 SOLD OUT
Member – Virtual $25
Non-Member – Virtual $30
Click HERE to make your reservation. Space is limited!

Early Voting In Monroe County/General Election Early Voting
2024-10-26 09:00 - 17:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is an early voting location for the general election. Early voting is located in the Anthony Museum’s Carriage House (behind the Visitor Center).

Early Voting In Monroe County/General Election Early Voting
2024-10-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-28 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-29 12:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-30 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-31 12:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-01 09:00 - 17:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is an early voting location for the general election. Voting will take place at the Anthony Museum’s Carriage House (behind the Visitor Center).
