Tag: History

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