“Keeping Susan B. Anthony’s vision alive and relevant is our work and our passion.”
17 Madison Street
The newsletter for the members of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
a National Historic Landmark
17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY
Phone: 585-235-6124
www.susanbanthonyhouse.org
Mark your calendars:
 July 12:
Fragile Freedom
a play by
Christine Emmert
2 pm
in the Carriage House
 August 4:
Monday Lecture Series
Suffer & Grow Strong
Lunch at noon
 August 4-7
Susan B. Anthony
Legacy Trip
 August 17
Susan B. Anthony
Festival celebrating
the 19th Amendment
noon to 5 pm
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17 Madison Street
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members of the
Susan B. Anthony
Museum & House.
Membership Director:
Lesia Telega
President and CEO:
Deborah L. Hughes
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July 2014
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A message from our membership director
I hope all of you are enjoying the wonderful summer and are planning to attend the great
events that are on our calendar! It is a busy and exciting time at the National Susan B.
Anthony Museum & House and I’m looking forward to seeing you this summer!
Fragile Freedom, a play by Christine Emmert, is this Saturday, July 12. On August 4 we
have a special Monday Lecture Series featuring author Carolyn Newton Curry.
The Friends of Susan B. Anthony House present a unique travel adventure: Susan B.
Anthony Legacy Trip: Be Part of Her Story August 4-7. I’m so excited that we are
now offering a Day Option so you can join us for one or more segments! On Sunday,
August 17 it’s the Susan B. Anthony Festival with events taking place all along
Madison Street. There’s something for everyone to enjoy! Thank you for your support!
Lesia Telega
“What inspires you about the Susan B. Anthony House?”
Talah, a nine year old participant of our Neighborhood Connections program
describes how 17 Madison Street inspires her:
“I like living across the street from where Susan B. Anthony lived! Some kids at
school don’t believe me when I tell them, but I know it’s true because her House is
right there across from me! Susan B. Anthony spent most of her life working to
make women equal to men, and getting women the right to vote, and other stuff.
Susan B. Anthony helps me decide my own ways…. helps me decide what I want to
be. I would never let anyone take over my life!! I won’t ever let anyone put me
where I don’t want to be!!! The people at this museum have taught me for lots of
Members of the Afghan women’s
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now all about Susan B Anthony. And I know for sure: My life is my life!!!!!
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9 year old Talah
Susan B. Anthony Legacy Trip: Be Part of Her Story
The Friends of Susan B. Anthony House present a unique summer travel
adventure and now there is a local option! Through the Susan B.
Anthony Legacy Experience, get an in-depth view of her life's work
and some of the people who shared it with her. Look behind-the-scenes
at sites of importance to her and the causes she championed. Be part of
a phenomenal four day experience August 4 - August 7 or choose to
participate for just one day with the new Daily Pass. Some of the options
that are now available include: Dinner & Wine Tasting with
sommelier and Democrat & Chronicle columnist, Holly Howell, featuring
New York wines from women vintners. Monday, August 4, 6:00 pm East
Avenue Inn $75 pp. With the Tuesday Daily Pass, see Rochester as
you never have before! Join us for several, specially designed programs,
only available through the Legacy Experience, including a special viewing
of Anthony artifacts at RMSC. $150 pp includes dinner and entertainment at AAUW House. The
Wednesday Daily Pass includes an excursion into the Finger Lakes, with exclusive tours of the
William Seward House & the Women’s Rights National Park. $150 pp includes lunch at Spring Side
Restaurant and dinner at Bristol Harbor Lodge.
Reservations for these events may be made online or by calling 585-279-7490 x10. Make yours today!
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Don’t miss the performance of Fragile Freedom
Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Carriage House
“Freedom is fragile and must be protected.
To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.”
– Germaine Greer
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.
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.
Admission: $15; House members $10.
Susan B. Anthony Festival Sunday, August 17
Join us in celebrating the 94th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment
on August 17, 2014 from noon to 5 p.m. in the park between Madison and
King streets and in the Anthony House. Visit the 19th century with a
walking tour of this Historic Preservation District. Tour the National Susan
B. Anthony Museum & House. See treasures from the Anthony Museum
archives. Enjoy entertainment and artisans, music and food, in the park on
Madison Street. Sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood
Association and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House.
This Month in History: Susan B. Anthony Dollar
Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to be honored by having her likeness appear on a
circulating United States coin. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the Susan B. Anthony
Dollar Coin Act into law (Public Law 95-447). This law amended the Coinage Act of 1965,
changing the size, weight, and design of the one-dollar coin. On July 2, 1979, the U. S. Mint
officially released the Susan B. Anthony coin in Rochester. That year, 757,813,744 coins were
produced. Additional coins were dated 1980, 1981 (numanistic items only), and 1999.
Ultimately, the United States Mint produced 888,842,452 Susan B. Anthony coins for
circulation.
Photograph from the
In 1997, Congress passed the United States $1 Coin Act (Public Law 104-124, Sec. 4),
U.S. Mint
replacing the Susan B. Anthony dollar with the golden dollar coin. The golden color of this
new coin, combined with a smoother edge and wider border, helps to more easily differentiate it from a quarter.
The act also authorized the Secretary of Treasury to continue to mint Susan B. Anthony coins until such time as the
production of new golden coins was ready. In 1999, the final 41,368,000 Susan B. Anthony coins were minted. The
coins continue in circulation today.
New in the museum shop
Need a new tee shirt for the summer?
All Susan B. Anthony quote tee shirts are on sale!
Members enjoy 30% off all adult size tee shirts and sweatshirts!
Also available is a new set of ten different post cards of the
interior of the Susan B. Anthony House.
Each packaged set is $9.