Holiday Closing
The Museum & offices will be closed on Friday, July 4th, for Independence Day.
The Museum will reopen at 11am on Saturday, July 5th.
Happy 4th of July, everyone!
The Susan B. Anthony Legacy Experience: Be Part of the Story
The Program:
Monday, August 4, 2014
- A special tour of the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
- An evening of wine tasting and dinner with Rochester’s own Holly Howell featuring New York state wines and women vintners
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
- Program with Rochester city historian, Christine Ridarsky
- Motor coach tour of some of the key Rochester landmarks in our story
- A special docent-led tour to the graves of Anthony and Frederick Douglass
- An afternoon program at the Rochester Museum and Science Center by historian and Underground Railroad expert, Dr. David Anderson
- Special viewing of Anthony artifacts from the Rochester Museum vault
- Dinner at the beautiful and historic Perkins Mansion
- A evening of entertainment by the group “Then Again”
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
- A bus trip to Auburn and the William Seward House for a special “Suffrage” tour
- Lunch at the Spring Side Inn on the shores of beautiful Owasco Lake
- Afternoon programs at the Wesleyan Chapel, the Women’s Rights National Park, and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton home
- A late afternoon drive through the Finger Lakes with dinner at Bristol Harbor Lodge overlooking beautiful Canandaigua Lake.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
- Explore an interest in depth. Choose one seminar: “The Little Known Story of the Anti-Suffragists” or “Susan B. Anthony: A Champion for Nursing”
- Travel to the Anthony House for a closing program: “Leadership in the Anthony Tradition-Unfinished Business” by the Susan B. Anthony Institute of the University of Rochester
- Closing Remarks by Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Sharing Stories
For every visitor at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, our staff and volunteers are dedicated to “keeping Susan B. Anthony’s vision alive & relevant”. Our tours and programs aim to “challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities”. Our passion is sharing Susan B. Anthony’s story with all of you, but it is always special when guests share their stories with us: what brought them to the House or how a previous visit inspired them in some way.
On May 17th, 2014, a smiling woman appeared in our Visitor Center, dressed in graduation cap & gown, and proclaimed, “The Susan B. Anthony House changed my life”. This guest had attended one of our women’s programs several years ago, when she was middle-aged and homeless. That day, something about the House and the story of Susan B. Anthony inspired her. “Susan B. Anthony said ‘Failure is impossible!’ and I decided it was time for me to tackle the barriers in my life,” she said. “Today, I graduated with a Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of Rochester. I came here as soon as the graduation ceremony was over to say thank you”.
Susan B. Anthony, who in the 1890’s worked to admit the first women to the University of Rochester, would have loved to hear this story. It certainly touched every one here that day and has inspired us in return.
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To view our programs, mission & vision, or to show your support, please visit our website.
Upcoming Event!
Fragile Freedom
Saturday July 12, at 2:00 pm in the Carriage House
General Admission: $15 / Members: $10
FRAGILE FREEDOM, written and performed by Christine Emmert, is a personal look at the struggle of women to achieve the elective franchise. It is directed by Richard Emmert. Stage manager is Donna Samluk.
“Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.” – Germaine Greer
This one-woman play takes an historical look at the fight for woman’s political freedom and includes a look at figures, such as Lucy Burns, Lucretia Mott, and, of course, Susan B. Anthony. Ms. Emmert draws parallels between the past and the present with a script that is sprinkled with words of wisdom from Maya Angelou, Marian Anderson, Virginia Woolf, Gloria Steinem and others, emphasizing that our freedom as women is still “unfinished business”.
Tickets are available online or by calling our office at 585/279-7490 ext. 10. Members of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House receive discounted admission.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Christine Emmert is a born feminist and has been an actress, playwright, director, and educator for over fifty years. Presently she volunteers in the Hopewell National Park outreach program where she brings tales of women’s struggles to a wider audience than that of the National Park. This summer she is also performing in the Berkshires in August with her one-woman play, RED ROSE, about the life of Rosa Luxemburg.
Another of Ms. Emmert’s works, “From Out the Fiery Furnace,” was performed at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in 2013.
FRAGILE FREEDOM is part of Hopewell Furnace National Park’s outreach program to raise money for preserving the Hopewell stoves that still exist. Hopewell Furnace National Parks gave women equal pay for equal work and access to any job in the community in the 1800s, and so it is a good match with the struggle for the elective franchise. The Friends of Hopewell support this production as an educational tool.
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an B. Anthony’s inspiration into your home or office with this exquisite design of her home at 17 Madison Street by award-winning local artist, Laura Wilder.
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National Susan B Anthony Museum & House Celebrates Social Reformers
Susan B Anthony was a champion for human rights for all, but she lived in a time when racism was rampant. Visit her National Historic Landmark home and take a tour to learn about her work to end slavery, as well as her friendships with Frederick Douglass and Ida B Wells Barnett.
Let us know you’re taking a “Stand Against Racism” on Friday, April 25, and receive a free admission with the purchase of one at equal or greater value.
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is open Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Regular Price: adult admission $10; $8 seniors; $5 students and ages 12 and younger.
Friends of the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House Announce Spring Luncheon Speaker
Jim Memmott, a retired reporter and editor, writes the weekly “Remarkable Rochester” column for the Democrat and Chronicle, focusing on the connections between Rochester’s past and present and on the people who have made significant contributions to the area.
A native of Little Valley, N.Y., and a graduate of Hamilton College and the University of Minnesota, Memmott, 72, taught English for nine years at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., before joining the Times-Union in Rochester in 1980 as a reporter. He went on to be a general assignment reporter, executive city editor and managing editor at the Times-Union and later managing editor and senior editor at the Democrat before retiring in 2007.
He teaches journalism at the University of Rochester and lives in Geneseo with his wife, Cindy.
Memmott will speak on “Giving Them Their Due: Finding Rochester’s Other Great Women”. The luncheon is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2014 at 11:30am.
To reserve your seat for this event, please visit our website.
Wreath Ceremony on 108th Anniversary of Miss Anthony’s Death
On March 13, 1906, at forty minutes past midnight, Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86 in her bed on the second floor of the house at 17 Madison Street in Rochester, her home of 40 years. At her request, much of the ceremonial mourning of the day was not observed: no shades were drawn, no black crepe hung. Only a simple wreath of violets was placed on the front door.
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will observe the 108th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death on Thursday, March 13, 2014 with the hanging of a simple wreath of violets on the front door of #17 Madison Street at 11:00 a.m. The wreath-hanging will be followed by a short presentation about Anthony’s life and legacy by Anthony House president and CEO, Deborah L. Hughes. The public is invited to attend.
Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House® is a learning center through which we share and interpret Miss Anthony’s life as a champion of women’s rights, thereby inspiring and challenging individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.
The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. The Susan B. Anthony House is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.
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2014 Susan B. Anthony Annual Birthday Luncheon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
CONTACT: Ellen K. Wheeler, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15, Director of Public Relations & Communications
National Susan B Anthony Museum & House announces annual birthday luncheon speaker!
Rochester, NY—The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House proudly announces that its keynote speaker for the Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon, to be held Wednesday, February 12, 2014, is Louise W. Knight, author, lecturer, and historian.
In making the announcement, Anthony House president and CEO Deborah L. Hughes shared that the theme of the 2014 luncheon is “Up and Doing.” It’s a subject Louise Knight knows very well, as she is the author of two biographies on Jane Addams, one of the late 19th-century and early 20th-century activists in moving public perception and attitudes. Prominent in the battle for woman suffrage and a friend of Susan B. Anthony, Addams is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Hull House, the nation’s first settlement house. Knight will focus on Addams’s and Anthony’s ideas about democracy and how each of them put those ideas into action— “up and doing”—for the causes they held dear.
In addition to her Addams biographies, Louise Knight’s writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Women’s Media Center website. She is currently working on a book about Angelina and Sarah Grimke, two abolitionists and women’s rights advocates of the 1830s.
The Susan B. Anthony Birthday 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 education and inspiration programs that take place at and through the National Historic Landmark on Madison Street. The luncheon takes place at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
Susan B. Anthony Festival set for August 18, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 5, 2013
CONTACT: Ellen K. Wheeler, Public Relations and Communications Director, (585) 279-7490, ext. 15
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Susan B. Anthony Festival to Commemorate 93nd Anniversary of Woman Suffrage
Rochester, NY— Come to the annual Susan B. Anthony Festival on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Susan B. Anthony Square Park between Madison and King streets in Rochester to celebrate the 93nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote.
Music and entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon in the park. Food vendors and unique crafts vendors will sell their goods in the park.
Free walking tours of this historic 19th century Historic Preservation District will also be offered, beginning in the park. Tours of the Anthony House will be available beginning at 11 a.m. at the special admission price that day only of $5.00 for all ages.
The event is presented by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the Anthony House, said, “This event recognizes the date—August 26, 1920—when the 19th amendment was officially declared law by the Secretary of State after it was ratified by the required 36 states. This year the event is on the exact date—August 18, 1920—when Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the amendment. Our event honors the women and men who struggled so long—over 72 years—and so hard—often at personal danger—to achieve equality for women. Many of those who worked so fervently in the cause, including Susan B. Anthony, did not live to see the amendment finally ratified. We thank them each year with this festival.” Dawn Noto, president of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association, said, “The neighbors invite everyone to come visit this incredible preservation district. See the major renovation and construction work that is taking place on West Main Street. See one of the last intact 19th-century neighborhoods in the region. In this neighborhood, Rochester history comes to life.”
For more information, please go to www.susanbanthonyhouse.org or call 585-279-7490, ext. 10.
Mission Statement (adopted 4/2010): The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House preserves the National Historic Landmark where the great reformer lived for 40 of her most politically active years, collects and exhibits artifacts related to her life and work, and offers programs through its learning center that challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. It is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.