News Release from
The Susan B. Anthony House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2005
Media Contact: Eileen Bisha, (585) 279-7490 ext. 10
WREATH HANGING MEMORIALIZES SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Rochester, NY - A wreath of violets will be placed on the door of the Susan B. Anthony House on Sunday, March 13th, in commemoration of her death in her Madison Street home on March 13, 1906. Susan B. Anthony, one of Rochester's most famous citizens, worked tirelessly to champion universal suffrage for women. She died 14 years before her goal was achieved.
At a celebration of her 86th birthday in Washington DC, less than one month short of her death, she spoke her final words in public. They became her most famous, and the rallying cry for suffragists everywhere:
There have been others also just as true and devoted to the cause - I wish I could name everyone - but with such women consecrating their lives,
Failure is Impossible!
Upon her return to Rochester, Anthony climbed the steps of her Madison Street home for the final time. Less than one month later, she died in her bedroom with her sister Mary and friend Anna Howard Shaw at her side. Devoted followers around the nation and the world mourned their loss, but the people of Rochester grieved most of all.
A wreath of violets will be placed on the door of 17 Madison Street at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 13th, when the Anthony House opens for tours. It will remain on the door until the House closes for the day at 4:00 p.m.
