Lunch and Lecture Series 2011 - 2012
Most of our 2011-2012 Lunch & Lecture Series has sold out.
Due to extraordinary increased demand, the March 19, 2012 lecture will be moving to an offsite location. Reservation holders will be notified of the location. The lunch is sold out, but seats are available for the lecture.
Some of our sold out lectures will be offered as encore presentations at 2 pm for $15. Tea and cookies will be served. Currently January, April, May, and June Tea & Lectures are available for purchase.
The Susan B. Anthony House proudly presents its 9th year of exciting, informative, and inspirational lectures on topics related to the life, work, family, friends, & legacy of Susan B. Anthony. The programs are held on Mondays from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Carriage House behind our Visitors Center on Madison Street. Catering is provided by Plunkett’s Fabulous Foods.
The cost for each lunch-and lecture program is $25 per person; you may also purchase the entire series for $250. Please make your reservations as soon as possible as these lectures regularly sell out.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World”
Penny Colman, author
OCTOBER 24, 2011
“Women at R.I.T. from its Beginning to the Present”
Professor Dane Gordon
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
“Dr. Mary Walker— ‘A Missionary Spirit’—a desire to do good and do right under all circumstances”
Justin D. White, board president, Oswego County Historical Society; historian and archives clerk, Oswego County
DECEMBER 5, 2011
“The Nightingale in Rochester—Jenny Lind Visits the Flour City”
Gerry Szymanski, reserves and digital services librarian, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
JANUARY 23, 2012 - SOLD OUT, Spots available at 2 pm Tea & Lecture
“So Linked Together: The Extraordinary Marriage of Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton”
Linda C. Frank, Ph.D. candidate, UCLA Department of History
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
“A Fair to Remember—The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and its Influence on American Culture”
Arlene Wright Vanderlinde, owner, Wright Designs
This lecture will last one hour.
MARCH 19, 2012 - OFFSITE VENUE, Lunch sold out, Seats available at 12:30 pm Lecture
“Was Susan B. Anthony ‘Pro Life’ or ‘Pro Choice’?”
Deborah Hughes, executive director, Susan B. Anthony House
This lecture to beheld offsite. Reservation holders wil be notfied of the location.
APRIL 30, 2012 - SOLD OUT, Spots available at 2 pm Tea & Lecture
“Equality in Life—for Me and for Thee” Amy Kirby Post, portrayed by her great-great-granddaughter,
Nancy F. Owen
MAY 21, 2012 - SOLD OUT, Spots available at 2 pm Tea & Lecture
“Equal Protection and the 14th Amendment”
Janice G. Ashley, docent, Susan B. Anthony House
JUNE 25, 2012 - SOLD OUT, Spots available at 2 pm Tea & Lecture
“Feminist Circles”
Camille DelVecchio, Anthony House docent & Penfield town librarian
