Susan B. Anthony
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Susan B. Anthony House Timelines1820 - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Mass., the second of 7 children.
1826 - The Anthony family moves to Battenville, N.Y.
1838 - Daniel Anthony takes daughters Susan and Guelma out of school. The 1837 depression causes him to declare bankruptcy and the family loses the Battenville house.
1845 - The Anthony family moves to Rochester, N.Y. on the Erie Canal. Their house becomes a meeting-place for anti-slavery activists, including Frederick Douglass.
1846 - Susan B. Anthony begins teaching at Canajoharie Academy for a yearly salary of $110.
1851 - Anthony travels to Syracuse anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1852 - Anthony attends state convention of Sons of Temperance and is told to "listen and learn," which goes against her Quaker upbringing. She attends her first women's rights convention.
1854 - Anthony circulates petitions for married women's property rights and woman suffrage. She is refused permission to speak at the Capitol and Smithsonian in Washington. She begins her New York State campaign for woman suffrage in Mayville, Chatauqua County, speaking and traveling alone.
1856 - Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
1857 - At a New York State Teachers' Convention in Binghamton Anthony calls for education for women and Blacks.
1861 - Anthony conducts anti-slavery campaign from Buffalo to Albany-"No Union with Slaveholders. No Compromise."
1863 - Anthony and Stanton write the "Appeal to the Women of the Republic."
1868 - Anthony begins publication of The Revolution and forms Working Women's Associations for women in the publishing and garment trades.
1869 - Anthony calls the first Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington D.C.
1872 - Anthony is arrested for voting and is indicted in Albany. She continues to lecture and attend conventions.
1873 - Anthony is tried and fined $100 with costs after the judge ordered the jury to find her guilty. Anthony refuses to pay but is not imprisoned so cannot appeal the verdict.
1881 - Anthony, Stanton, and Matilda Joslin Gage publish Volume I of History of Woman Suffrage, followed by Volumes II, III and IV in 1882, 1885 and 1902.
1897 - Anthony raises the roof on her Rochester home to create a work-room where she and Ida Husted Harper begin work on her biography.
1898 - The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and local press.
1900 - Anthony uses the cash value on her life insurance to meet the University of Rochester's financial demands for the admission of women.
1905 - Anthony meets with President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington D.C. about submitting a suffrage amendment to Congress.
1906 - Anthony attends suffrage hearings in Washington, D.C. She gives her "Failure is Impossible" speech at her 86th birthday celebration. Anthony dies at her Madison Street home on March 13.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, grants the right to vote to all U.S. women over 21.
Susan B. Anthony House Timeline
1945 - After 40 years in private hands the Susan B. Anthony house on Madison Street is purchased to create a museum. Collection of artifacts begins.
1966 - The Susan B. Anthony house is designated a National Historic Landmark (highest historic designation given to a private home, which includes the White House).
1977 - Susan B. Anthony Preservation District is designated and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1992 - The first paid professional executive director is hired. After 47 years of quiet caretaking, the Susan B. Anthony House moves into a new era of professional museum management.
1994 - #19 and #21 Madison Street are acquired through a City of Rochester Community Development Block Grant. #19 Madison Street was the former home of Anthony's sister, Hannah Anthony Mosher.
1995 - Year-long local and national commemorative events celebrate Susan B. Anthony's 175th birthday, the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and the 50th anniversary of the Susan B. Anthony House. The Gleason Foundation pledges a lead gift as the first capital campaign is launched.
1998 - Successful conclusion of the capital campaign culminates in the grand opening of #19 Madison Street. Facilities include a museum shop and visitor center, Carriage House for special events and educational programs, and much-needed parking.
2000 - The National Parks Service awards federal funding to the Susan B. Anthony House to complete a comprehensive Historic Structures Report to guide restoration of Anthony's home and grounds to their appearance during the last eight years of her life (1898-1906).
A Conservation Project Support Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services provides museum-quality shelving and other archival storage equipment.
Key Bank donates #16 Madison Street, a distinguished Queen-Anne-style home built in the 1890s and located across the street from the Susan B. Anthony House.
2002 - The Susan B. Anthony House is awarded a $300,000 matching grant through Save America's Treasures for restoration of the Susan B. Anthony House.
The Brody Family Trust provides funds for restoration of #16 Madison Street, creating office space for staff.
2003 - The Susan B. Anthony House celebrates the grand opening of the Ruth Miller Brody Administrative Office Building at #16 Madison Street.
2004 - Phase I of the restoration of the Susan B. Anthony House begins. The $600,000 project includes repairs to the exterior walls and foundation, construction of a new roof and gutters, and installation of state-of-the-art heating, cooling, electrical and security systems.
2005 - Phase I of the restoration is completed. Preparations continue on the second phase of restoration, returning the interior to its appearance the last time Susan B. Anthony lived here.
2006 - Commemorative year marking the 100th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's death.
The Susan B. Anthony House is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-deductible organization.
