News Release from
The Susan B. Anthony House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Media Contact: Mary E. McCrank, Public Relations Manager, (585) 279-7490, ext. 17
The Susan B. Anthony House to commemorate 19th Amendment ratification in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Rochester, NY - The Susan B. Anthony House will commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 26 in Mount Hope Cemetery, with a program entitled "Yours for Humanity: Susan B. Anthony and the 1853 Women's Rights Convention."
The historical presentation will look at the 1853 Women's Rights Convention held in Rochester from Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1853, when Susan B. Anthony put forth her platform for securing woman suffrage, along with many other rights for women. This plan held for the next 50 years and was instrumental in gaining women the right to vote on August 26, 1920.
The public is invited to attend. Please bring lawn chairs and umbrellas.
The 19th Amendment was nicknamed the Susan B. Anthony Amendment After Rochester's most famous resident in honor of her lifelong dedication to the suffrage cause. Anthony died 14 years before the amendment was ratified.
Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 Presidential elections and the 82nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
The Susan B. Anthony House was Anthony's home during the most politically active period of her life and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. Anthony' story of courage and determination has been told and re-told to visitors for more than 50 years. The Susan B. Anthony House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members.
