Celebrate All Year!
Don’t miss the opportunity to
celebrate the New York State
Woman Suffrage Centennial
and to learn about Rochester’s
role in the history of women’s
rights. Events are planned
throughout the community all
year, including everything from
exhibitions, lectures and book
clubs to live theatrical and
musical performances.
In addition to the major exhibition
at the Central Library of Rochester
& Monroe County, check out
VoteTilla, a weeklong navigational
celebration of woman suffrage.
The event will take place July 17–22, 2017, along the Erie
Canal. A fleet of canal boats will set out from Seneca Falls and
travel to Rochester, with stops at towns and villages along the
way. Historical reenactors will perform in period costume, and
local residents and organizations are encouraged to participate
in the special events that will be held on land and water.
The week concludes with a bang as Rochester is transformed
into “Suffragist City,” welcoming VoteTilla with live music,
fireworks, an old-fashioned suffrage parade, a celebration at
the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, and more!
VoteTilla.org #VoteTilla
Partners
American Association of University Women, Greater Rochester Area
*City of Rochester
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library
*Friends of Ganondagan
Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery
Genesee Country Village & Museum
GEVA Theatre
*Gleason Works
Greece Historical Society
Greece Public Library
Henrietta Public Library
Monroe County Historian
*National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Nazareth College
Penfield Public Library
*Rochester Historical Society
*Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester League of Women Voters
*Rochester Medical Museum & Archives
*Rochester Museum & Science Center
Rochester Oratorio Society
*Rochester Public Library
Rochester Regional Library Council
*St. John Fisher College
State University of New York – The College at Brockport
The Little Theatre
Town of Brighton
*University of Rochester, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections,
and Preservation
University of Rochester, Susan B. Anthony Center
University of Rochester, Susan B. Anthony Institute
Visit Rochester
*WXXI
YWCA
*Exhibition contributors
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
To learn more and find events near you,
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Rochester Public Library
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Join us in
celebrating the
centennial of
New York State
women’s right
to vote!
Because of Women Like Her...
Winning the Vote in New York
Exhibition
The Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County will host a major
exhibition June 2 – October 14, 2017, that explores the role Rochester’s
women played in the women’s rights and woman suffrage movements of
the 19th and early 20th centuries. The exhibition will feature artifacts
from many of Rochester’s cultural and educational institutions, allowing
us to tell a more complete story than any one institution could do
alone. Featured items include Susan B. Anthony’s dress, Martha Matilda
Harper’s prototype for the original salon shampoo chair, a Bloomer
costume, a variety of suffrage banners, pendants, and flyers, and so much
more! Best of all, the exhibition will be free and open to the public!
Throughout the fall, components of the exhibition will travel to libraries,
schools, and other public venues, expanding its reach even further!
Exhibition curated by:
On Election Day 2016, nearly 10,000
people lined up inside Rochester’s Mt. Hope
Cemetery to pay their respects to the most
well-known leader of the 19th-century
woman suffrage movement, Susan B. Anthony.
It was the first time in history that Americans had the
opportunity to cast a vote for a female presidential candidate on
a major party line, and the crowd recognized that it was the work
of Anthony and others like her who made the milestone possible.
Lori Birrell
Dan Cody
Juilee Decker, PhD
Michelle Finn, PhD
Deborah Hughes
Travis Johansen
Jessica Lacher-Feldman
Sarah LeCount
Tina Lent, PhD
Christine L. Ridarsky
Kathryn Murano Santos
Exhibition design by Exhibits and More
In 2017, New York State celebrates the 100th anniversary of
women gaining the right to vote. A movement that began in
Seneca Falls and Rochester in 1848 with the first and second
women’s rights conventions saw its goal achieved in 1917.
A state referendum meant that suffrage passed in New York
State three years before a federal amendment extended that right
to all U.S. women.
Join us this year as the Rochester-area community celebrates the
centennial of woman suffrage. Our theme, “Because of Women
Like Her,” honors the role and value of all women and provides
an opportunity to recognize the women who have inspired each
of us, past and present.
#BecauseOfWomenLikeHer
RocSuffrage.org
#RocSuffrage
Pledge of Support
Because of Women Like Her:
Winning the Vote in New York State
Because of Women Like Her:
Winning the Vote in New York State
An exhibition commemorating
the centennial of the
New York State Woman
Suffrage Amendment
June 2 – October 14, 2017
Hacker Hall, Rundel Memorial Building
Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
I/We are delighted to support the 2017 NYS Woman Suffrage
Centennial exhibition and celebration with a total gift of:
□ Enclosed amount is $______________________
Please make checks payable to the Friends & Foundation of RPL
Sponsorship opportunities:
□ $30,000+ Exhibition sponsor
□ $15,000
Exhibition entrance and title platform
□ $10,000Highlighted topics/artifacts (6 available;
select your preference):
□ Haudenosaunee matriarchs
□ Susan B. Anthony’s dress
□ Bloomers & bicycles
□ Martha Matilda Harper’s shampoo
chair/salon
□ $5,000
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□ Woman suffrage banner
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□ Election 2016 SBA gravesite offerings
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Donor levels (acknowledged in exhibition program):
□ $2,500
Partner
□ $1,000
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efficient and beneficial way for the completion of the project.
Thank you for supporting the
Rochester-area 2017 New York State
Woman Suffrage Centennial exhibition
and celebration!
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Rochester Public Library
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