Whose story gets remembered? How and why did Susan B. Anthony shape the story of woman’s suffrage? Why does historical memory change?
This is a virtual group tour for volunteers of the Anthony Museum. Presented by Anthony Museum staff.
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 Friday, March 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
The brief ceremony commemorates the 114th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death and will include remarks by Anthony Museum President & CEO, Deborah L. Hughes.
2020 marks the anniversary year of Susan B. Anthony’s 200th birthday, the centennial of the 19th Amendment ratification, and the Anthony Museum’s 75th Anniversary.
This event is free and open to the public.
Due to the closing of RIT and the current COVID-19 emergency, the Big Shot has been cancelled.
CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE ANNOUNCES SUSAN B. ANTHONY HOUSE CEO DEBORAH L. HUGHES AS GUEST FOR 2020 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
February 4, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Joe Morelle announced that his guest for President Trump’s State of the Union Address will be Deborah L. Hughes, President and CEO of the Susan B. Anthony House and Museum in Rochester, NY and a staunch advocate for women’s rights.
“This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony, a pioneer of the women’s rights movement who made her home in my district of Rochester, New York,” said Rep. Morelle. “We’ve come so far in the fight for equality—but we continue to face new barriers that threaten to roll back the progress we’ve made. I’m so grateful to be joined at this year’s State of the Union address by Deborah L. Hughes, whose work reminds us that the words of Susan B. Anthony still ring true today: we must “organize, agitate, and educate” until every American has full equality.”
“I am humbled and honored to represent the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and Susan B. Anthony’s legacy as Congressman Joe Morelle’s guest at the State of the Union in this historic 2020 year,” said Deborah L. Hughes, President and CEO of the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. “Anthony’s life spanned some of the most turbulent and divisive times in our nation’s history. She witnessed the horrific enslavement of human beings, the violent seizure of indigenous lands, labor practices that robbed women, children, and immigrants of health and liberty, three presidential assassinations, the bludgeoning of a Congressman by another, and state-sanctioned hate crimes in the form of Jim Crow laws and lynching. She witnessed the worst in human nature on both a personal and grand scale. Yet she persevered with hope and passion, believing that we could–and must–have ‘a government BY the people, and the WHOLE people; for the people, and the WHOLE people.’ Congressman Morelle represents us with that same vision and passion, and I am honored to be his guest.”
75 years ago, a group of women in Rochester, NY, decided to purchase Susan B. Anthony’s former home on Madison Street and create a memorial sharing Anthony’s life and work in ways that inspire visitors to carry on her legacy of fighting for equality. Deborah L. Hughes serves as the President and CEO of this historic landmark and spearheads innovative programming to encourage voter participation, advocate for women’s rights, and continue the fight for justice.
The State of the Union address will be delivered by President Trump tonight at approximately 8:30 PM.
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CONTACT: Dana Vernetti | 585-820-4684 | dana.vernetti@mail.house.gov
You are invited to a joint Press Conference:
presented by the
City of Rochester and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Thursday, January 16, 10am City Hall
Special Announcement on joint 2020 Events!
Lovely A. Warren, Mayor
and Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the Anthony Museum
will unveil 2020 plans.
Join us at this historic event as we celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s 200th Birthday with with a special dinner and fundraiser on February 12, 2020 at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center. Dinner is at 6PM with a reception immediately preceding (cash bar). The hall will open at 4:30pm, and the general reception will open at 5:00pm
The evening will feature the keynote speaker, Tena Clark. You may know her as the author of Southern Discomfort, or as a Grammy award-winning musician and composer. But there is a lot more to this woman than you know already. Come find out!
Celebrating Susan B. Anthony’s birthday is a tradition that began in her lifetime, and this year the celebration rises to a new level. At the same time, the celebration continues to honor contemporary women who continue her legacy, and to raise awareness of the educational and inspirational programs offered by the Anthony Museum.
Reservations are now closed.
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This event has been postponed until 2021, new date to be announced.
280 N. Union Street, Rochester, NY 14609
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In collaboration with the Rochester Public Market
This event has been postponed until 2021, new date to be announced.
791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620
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In collaboration with Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery
