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National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House announces 2015 luncheon speaker

Lynn SherrRochester, NY – The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is proud to announce that the keynote speaker for the 2015 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon is Lynn Sherr, award-winning journalist and biographer. The annual luncheon will be held Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Her most recent work, Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space, was released earlier this year and aptly illustrates the wonderful legacy of Susan B. Anthony. Sherr, who became close friends with Ride during her coverage of the space shuttle program, says Ride “acknowledged unequivocally that she wouldn’t be at NASA without the women’s movement and the social changes that had taken place”. Ms. Sherr is also the author of Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words, a 1996 biography of the great reformer.

Throughout her career in journalism, Ms. Sherr has reported on an array of women’s issues, past and present, making her a perfect candidate to speak on the 2015 luncheon theme, Thanks to Susan B., We Can Reach for the Stars!, a celebration of the impact Susan B. Anthony’s life and work has had on subsequent generations of women.

“Sally Ride made her way into space, and the history books, over thirty years ago. Yet, recent statistics show that women only make up 24% of those working in STEM fields,” says Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. “This luncheon will interest anyone fascinated by space and those advocates for advancing opportunities for women and girls in STEM.”

The Susan B. Anthony Luncheon is held each year in mid-February to celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s February 15th birthday, to honor contemporary women who continue her legacy, and to raise awareness of the educational and inspirational programs offered by the Museum.

To purchase individual tickets or group tables, please call our office at 585/279-7490 x10.

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National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House Receives Greater Hudson Heritage Network Grant

Credit: National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Credit: National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

Rochester, NY – The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House has been awarded a 2014 Museum Conservation Treatment Grant by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, in association with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The $1,856.84 grant will be used to conserve a cross-stitch sampler created by Susan B. Anthony over a three-year period beginning in 1831. Conservation work will be completed by Sarah Stevens of Zephyr Preservation Studios.

Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the Anthony Museum, noted, “Susan B. Anthony had this sampler prominently displayed in her office when she was in her eighties, so we know that it was important to her. It is precious today because it connects us personally to young Susan and her family. This was her handiwork, long before she was the Great Reformer. We are most grateful for this conservation grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, and we are pleased that Sarah C. Stevens will be the conservator for this important project”.

Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s grant programs recognize “excellent stewardship of New York State’s cultural heritage”, according to its Executive Director, Priscilla Brendler, and are highly competitive. The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House sincerely thanks the Greater Hudson Heritage Network for this generous grant.

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Lady Long Rider, Bernice Ende, to visit Anthony Museum

Bernice Ende, Lady Long Rider
Courtesy of endeofthetrail.com

Bernice Ende will travel through Rochester on Thursday, September 4th, making stops at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Ms. Ende, a retired teacher, is currently on a 2 ½ year, 8,000 mile horseback trek across the United States and Canada to commemorate Montana’s suffrage centennial.

Ms. Ende will pay her respects and give prepared remarks at Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite in Mt. Hope Cemetery, section C, at approximately 11:15 am. She will be available to media for a limited time following her remarks. Ms. Ende will then proceed to the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood, arriving at the Anthony Museum on horseback by 1:30 pm, where she will also be available to the press. At 3:00 pm, Ms. Ende will present “1914 to 2014: 100 years of woman suffrage in Montana” in the Carriage House. The public is invited to attend this exclusive engagement.

 

For more information on Bernice Ende, please visit her website at www.endeofthetrail.com.

Museum Contact: Sarah M. Abbamonte, Director of Communications, 585/279-7490 x15

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Labor Day Closing

The Museum & offices will be closed on Monday, September 1st, for Labor Day.

We will reopen at 11am on Tuesday, September 2nd.

Have a safe & fun end to summer!

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Upcoming Event: 2014 Susan B. Anthony Festival

The 2014 Susan B. Anthony Festival will take place on Sunday, August 17, from noon to 5pm in the Susan B. Anthony Park between Madison & King Streets. This annual event celebrates the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote. The amendment is better known as the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment”.

ChetCatallo2Live music & entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon in the Park. Local artists include 6-time Grammy nominee and 2012 Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester “Artist of the Year”, Chet Catallo & the Cats, who will perform at 3pm. Also performing are Cammy Enharo, the Raging Grannies, and the Spiritus Christi Choir. Food vendors and unique artisans will also be on hand.

tours (3)Free walking tours of this 19th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered, beginning in the Park. Tours of the Anthony House will be available at a discounted cost for the event.

This event is presented by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the Anthony Museum, said, “Susan B. Anthony worked all her life to give women a voice. Considering the events of the past year, her work is as relevant today as it was when she was living.”

Dawn Noto, President of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, said, “We are very excited for the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival. Our Historic Preservation District is looking fantastic and this festival gives us an opportunity to share the collaborative work this community has done.”

 

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Happy 50th Birthday, Gladys Nocon Songer!

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“With Miss Anthony the love of family was especially intense…”

– Ida Hustead Harper, The Life & Work of Susan B. Anthony

 In this tradition, Nannette Nocon, of Nocon & Associates, has generously sponsored today at the Anthony Museum in honor of her sister, Gladys Nocon Songer’s, 50th birthday!

 Nocon, a private wealth advisor for 30 years, is also the author of several children’s books, including, What’s Up with Yuk?, “an art book on positive & negative choices”.

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Special Members Event!

neighborhood-girlDo you have children or grandchildren entering grades 3 – 6?

Join the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Susan B’s Summer Fun in the Sun program on Wednesday, July 30, from 3pm – 5pm, for games, activities, refreshments, and more, including:

  • Sculpture Creation
  • Alligator Purse Game
  • Sidewalk Murals
  • Tour Miss Anthony’s home 

    This event is complimentary for members, but space is limited! Register below to reserve your spot!

    **Children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the event. At least one adult per every two children is required.

    For more information, please contact our Program Director, Annie Callanan, or call 585/235-6124 x19.

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Monday Lecture Series Special Presentation

Image courtesy of Mercer University Press.
Image courtesy of Mercer University Press.

Special Monday Lecture Series Summer Date

Monday August 4, 2014, for one presentation with Lunch at noon

Author Carolyn Newton Curry

SUFFER & GROW STRONG: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas

Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, born in 1834 in Georgia, kept a diary for 41 years of her life before, during, and after the Civil War.  The aftermath of the war brought bankruptcy, the death of loved ones, serious illness, and devastating family strife. Thomas examined what was happening, asked questions, and strived to find ways to improve her family’s dire economic straits.  She started a school in her home and later ran a boardinghouse out of the old family mansion.  She became active in many women’s organizations including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Suffrage Movement. She wrote articles for newspapers.  She was elected president of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association. Her life is an amazing story of survival and transformation that speaks to women in our own time.

Ms. Curry will have her book available for sale and she will be available to sign her book after her presentation.