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...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – May 2021
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: 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
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...Continue reading Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
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...Continue reading Wreath Hanging Ceremony
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
Jeff Ludwig, PhD, Director of Education, Seward House Museum, Topic: The Mystery of Margaret: Unraveling the Story of Harriet Tubman’s “Daughter” and Her Ties to the Seward Family Based on original research into Harriet Tubman, this program follows her story from enslavement in the Antebellum South to her relationship with the Seward family of...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – September 2022
October 3, 2022: Joanna Scutts, author of The Extra Woman, and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, and the Paris Review – Topic: HOTBED: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism HOTBED Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism by Joanna Scutts ...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – October 2022
December 12, 2022: Nada Odeh, Syrian artist, activist, humanitarian, and poet – Topic: Diversity, Inclusion and Art Nada Odeh is a Syrian artist, activist, humanitarian, and modern-day poet. She was born and raised in Damascus and came to the United States in 2013 due to the conflict and revolution in her country. She established...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – December 2022
March 13, 2023: Mallory Szymanski, Assistant Professor of History, Alfred University-Topic: Discerning Doctors from Quacks: the art, science, and social practice of men’s sexual health in late-nineteenth century United States Men in the late-nineteenth century found themselves exhausted by the increasing demands of round-the-clock factory work and a fast-paced urbanizing society. New categories of ‘nervous...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – March 2023
