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....Continue reading For The Future
Amnesia and Politics in the Mount Hope Cemetery Lecturer: Katie Terezakis, 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 – November 2020
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...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – January 2021
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...Continue reading Susan B. Anthony Birthday Gala 2021
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...Continue reading Wreath Hanging Ceremony
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...Continue reading “Provocative Mothers” with Suzanne Schnittman
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
This is a closed, private event. If you are interested in arranging a private group tour for your school group, organization, or family, contact 585.235.6124 x 1 or email programs@susanb.org
Saturday, September 11, 2021 1:00-4:00 PM Hunt Country Vineyards4021 Italy Hill Rd, Branchport, NY 14418This 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...Continue reading Vines + Stitches Benefit
Don’t miss the new documentary, "Women and the Vote," which premiers tonight at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV. This film takes viewers to five cemeteries across New York state on Election Day 2020, where voters reflect on the sacrifice of suffragists who fought for women's rights and weaves in historical photographs and reminders of the...Continue reading Women and the Vote
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: 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...Continue reading Monday Lecture Series – December 2021
