National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

2024 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
2024-02-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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
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, 2024-11-02 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-03 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).

Trailblazer: How Katharine Bement Davis Advanced Women’s Equality in the Workplace, at the Polls, and in the Bedroom
2024-12-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join us for our December Guest Lecture Series presentation, “Trailblazer: How Katharine Bement Davis Advanced Women’s Equality in the Workplace, at the Polls, and in the Bedroom,” by Anya Jabour, Ph.D. Jabour is the Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana.
About the presentation:
Katharine Bement Davis (1860-1935) was a true trailblazer. One of the first women in the US to earn a PhD, she went on to become the first superintendent of New York’s Reformatory for
Women at Bedford Hills. Subsequently, she became the first female Commissioner of Corrections for New York City, where she quelled a riot and instituted reform. She spent the final decade of her career directing the Bureau of Social Hygiene, a privately funded think tank committed to combating commercialized sex and curbing the spread of sexually transmitted infections. While there, she conducted research for the first comprehensive study of female sexuality.
But Dr. Davis did not only blaze new trails for herself. At every stage of her career, she also advanced equality for women as a group. At the Bedford Reformatory, she provided educational
and recreational opportunities for the inmates; she also hired a cohort of highly educated women to work as physicians and psychologists. While she tackled what one colleague called “a man’s job” as Commissioner of Corrections, she also advocated women’s voting rights as an officer of the national suffrage organization. Finally, by publishing the results of her extensive study of women’s sexual desires and experiences, she redefined the parameters of “normal” female sexuality.
Based on extensive research in Katharine Davis’s personal papers, institutional records, and historic publications, this presentation about an important—but overlooked—figure in US history will highlight how she advanced women’s equality in the workplace, at the polls, and in the bedroom.

“Mistress of the Market: White Women and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Slave Trade.”
2025-01-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for our January Guest Lecture Series presentation, “Mistress of the Market: White Women and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Slave Trade,” by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. Jones-Rogers is an Associate Professor of History. She specializes in African-American history, the history of slavery, and women’s and gender history. She is the author of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South (2019), which won prizes from the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, the Southern Association for Women’s Historians, the Southern Historical Association, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and the Organization of American Historians. Jones-Rogers was also the first African-American and the third woman to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History since the award’s inception in 1980. And in 2023, she received the Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world. She is currently at work on her second book, “Women of the Trade,” which reorients our understanding of the British Atlantic slave trade by centering the lives and experiences of English, African, and Afro-English women in its telling.

2025 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
2025-02-12 17:00 - 22:00 | Joseph A Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main Street,Rochester, NY, 123 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY, United States
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House requests your presence at this special event, the annual Rochester fundraiser where we celebrate Susan B. Anthony, who continues to change the world.
175 years ago, Susan B. Anthony proclaimed that women could change the world if they had the opportunity, freedom, and resources, “Woman must have a purse of her own.”
We are delighted to welcome LORI VAN DUSEN, CIMA, as our keynote speaker. Van Dusen is the award-winning founder and CEO of LVW Advisors, a nationally recognized investment advisory firm based in Rochester, NY. Lori is also the author of Wall Street Journal best-selling book Running with Grace: A Wall Street Insider’s Path to True Leadership, a Purposeful Life, and Joy in the Face of Adversity, published in 2023. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her business success and her philanthropy.

2025 Wreath Hanging
2025-03-13 11:00 - 11:30 | National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Each year, the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House commemorates the date of Anthony’s death by hanging a wreath on the door of her long-time residence at 17 Madison Ave. The wreath hanging is followed by a brief, public address by a member of the Museum’s staff.
Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to establishing women’s right to vote, as well as their right to own property, the abolition of slavery, and a host of other civil rights pursuits. Her collaborations with Frederick Douglass, Katie Elizabeth Stanton, and others demonstrated the power of partnerships in making social change. The National Susan B. Anthony’s annual wreath hanging is a modest but necessary attempt to honor life and legacy.

Crafting the Narrative: Media in the Suffrage Movement
2025-03-23 15:00 - 16:30 | The Little Theatre, 240 East Ave, Rochester, NY, 14604, United States
The suffrage movement was a masterclass in strategic communication, demonstrating how powerful storytelling and visual messaging could transform public opinion and drive social change. Activists skillfully crafted narratives that humanized their struggle, using innovative communication techniques to challenge deeply entrenched societal beliefs about women’s rights and political participation.
This panel will examine the use of public relations strategies and tactics, as well as visual storytelling as a critical tool in the suffragists’ arsenal. From the strategic use of media relations strategies to provocative imagery, women of the movement challenged prevailing stereotypes with every media tool imaginable to change prevailing public opinion.
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PANELISTS

Arien Rozelle, APR, is an assistant teaching professor in the public relations department at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Her research, writing, and professional presentations bridge theory with practice, exploring the intersections of public relations and social movements, diversity, equity, and inclusion, activist pedagogy, professional ethics, and social media. Rozelle’s scholarship has been featured in the Journal of Public Relations Education and the Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal. Her chapter “Building Momentum: Creating Change” was published in the book Strategic Social Media as Activism (Routledge, 2023). She is currently working on a Newhouse grant-funded project called “Communicate, Agitate, Motivate” which explores the role of public relations in the fight for women’s rights. In 2024, the Public Relations Society of America Rochester Chapter named her Educator of the Year.

Regina Luttrell, Ph.D., is the Senior Associate Dean at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. An author, scholar, and administrative leader, she is known for her expertise in social media, public relations, AI, mis/disinformation, feminism, diversity, and digital innovation. As an award-winning author, Luttrell has written influential books such asWonder Woman: Warrior, Disrupter, Feminist Icon andSocial Media: How to Engage, Share, and Connect, establishing her as a leading voice in modern communication. Her insights have been featured in top media outlets, reaching a broad audience with her forward-thinking ideas. A dynamic speaker, Luttrell engages audiences on topics ranging from social media trends to workplace empowerment. Her bookStrategic Social Media as Activism highlights how digital platforms drive social justice and amplify marginalized voices. With a strong background in corporate PR and marketing, she connects technology and communication, helping others leverage digital tools for meaningful change.

Carrie Welch is an adjunct professor and technical writer in the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University as well as a public relations consultant. Her research interests include intersectional feminism and media representations, and how artificial intelligence influences communication. Carrie has spent over 20 years in the communications industry, previously co-owning a public relations agency, Little Green Pickle, and co-founding a food and drink festival, Feast Portland, both for 10 years. Her experience in starting these two companies drew on her 10-year career at Food Network where she served as Vice President of Public Relations. While there Carrie headed up all consumer press, talent relations, digital PR, and charitable initiatives.

Blanche Stuart Scott: America's First Woman Pilot
2025-04-09 13:00 - 14:15 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Blanche Stuart Scott was a Rochester, NY, native who made local and national history in the air and on the ground. Kenneth Frederick, PhD, returns as our guest lecturer for this presentation in April. Ken has a personal and special interest in Blanche Stuart Scott which will make an engaging presentation about this remarkable woman even more memorable.
Join us in person in the Carriage House or virtually.
Register online here.

Feminists for Nursing
2025-05-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The Civil War and developments in the 19th Century made it possible for a new profession to open to women: nursing. Susan B. Anthony and other early feminists (they did call themselves that!) pushed for the advancement of the profession and for the recognition it deserved. Join us as Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO, explores the connections between some early feminists and the Nursing Profession as we know it today.
Register here to attend in person or virtually.

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
2025-06-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Anthony Museum Carriage House, 19 Madison St, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Barbara Weisberg will present on her book, Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York. The book describes a case from 1862, in which Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery―the only grounds in New York―but not before she accused him of forcing her into an abortion and having his own affair with the abortionist. She then kidnapped their young daughter and disappeared.
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Fabric for the Future: The Art of Voting
2025-07-01 14:00 - 17:00
Fabric for the Future: The Art of Voting celebrates Susan B. Anthony’s commitment to civic engagement and voting rights. The Monroe County Board of Elections will demo the new voting machines and will partner with the Anthony Museum for a voter registration pop-up. The Anthony Museum will also display a specially curated selection of quilt squares from its 2020 Quilt Project, which was a collaborative public art project to honor women’s history and celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Over 325 quilt squares were submitted by people from people all over the United States and Canada. Each block represents a theme significant to the artist, with a focus on the people, places, and events related to the woman’s suffrage movement or the unfinished business of securing equal rights for all. We hope to see you there!

"Canals, Conventions, and Change- Women’s Rights and the Erie Canal"
2025-09-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Corn Hill Navigation: Riverie, Rochester, NY
The Anthony Museum is pleased to be participating in Corn Hill Navigation’s Unlocking the Past Speaker Series on Riverie: Navigating the Erie Canal during the first 200 years. This series takes an in-depth dive into the values, customs, ideas, and creativity that were sparked by the opening of the Erie Canal and the impact this waterway had on the individual and on the collective society of upstate NY and beyond. We will have educational presentations along with hands on art cruises to create a better understanding of what canallers did during long days traveling along the canal.
Allison Hinman, Chief Operating Officer at the Anthony Museum, will present: “Canals, Conventions, and Change- Women’s Rights and the Erie Canal.” This presentation will explore Susan B. Anthony’s experiences as she and other reformers advocated for woman’s rights and abolition in canal towns and cities across New York State.
To register, visit https://cornhillnav.org/riverie/speaker-series/
