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Rochester

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  • Susan B Anthony sister in law

    Susan B. Anthony sister-in-law honored

    Susan B. Anthony's sister-in-law and brother were honored with a historical marker in Leavenworth, Kansas. This marks their support for women's rights.

    Published On: November 4, 2022Categories: The Anthony FamilyTags: abolition, Anna Osborn Anthony, Daniel Read Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Kansas, Martha's Vineyard, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, The Truth About Daniel, women's rights
  • large white house with picket fence

    Historical research: Walk where they walked

    When I first researched Susan and her family, I walked where they walked. Wearing a long skirt, wool cape, and boots, I trudged snow-clogged streets of old Rochester. A bit [...]

    Published On: July 31, 2022Categories: Susan B. AnthonyTags: Anna Osborn Anthony, Daniel Read Anthony, Leavenworth KS, Martha's Vineyard, Rochester, the life of Susan B. Anthony
  • rushing waters of Niagara Falls

    New Underground Railroad Exhibit at Niagara Falls

    A whole new source of information on the Underground Railroad is opening next weekend in Niagara Falls, starting May 4. I’m excited because it will offer more in-depth background for [...]

    Published On: April 28, 2018Categories: Black HistoryTags: abolition, Civil War, Daniel Read Anthony, Dauntless series, New York, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, underground railroad, Underground Railroad Heritage Museum
  • Author Jeanne Gehret in front of b&w photo of old Leavenworth

    Historic Rochesterian Burns Up the West

    Historic Rochesterian Daniel Read Anthony, brother of Susan B., wielded both fire and bullets to bring about the end of slavery in the Wild West. Pictured behind me is the [...]

    Published On: April 15, 2018Categories: The Anthony FamilyTags: abolition, antislavery, Daniel Read Anthony, Jeanne Gehret, Kansas, Leavenworth KS, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony
  • Susan B. Anthony's father

    Nov. 26, 1862 Death of Susan B. Anthony’s father

    One day in early November 1862, Susan B. Anthony and her father Daniel were reading and discussing antislavery newspapers when he suddenly began suffering acute pain in

    Published On: November 25, 2017Categories: The Anthony FamilyTags: antislavery, Civil War, Daniel Anthony, Daniel Read Anthony, death, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Merritt Anthony, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, woman suffrage
  • Jeanne Gehret in front of sign that reads "Rochester: City of Agitation"

    Agitators Prevailed

    The story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass packed a full house tonight, the opening of “The Agitators.” Rochester’s famous reformers really showed their mettle at this fine play [...]

    Published On: October 18, 2017Categories: Black HistoryTags: abolition, Frederick Douglass, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony And Justice For All, voting
  • painting of John Brown with rifle in one hand and bible in other

    This week in History: John Brown at Harpers Ferry

    John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry shook the Anthony family’s roots when on this day in 1859 he broke into a federal arsenal in Virginia and was captured. Lucy and [...]

    Published On: October 17, 2017Categories: American History, Contemporaries of the AnthonysTags: abolition, contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Henry Selden, Jacob Merritt Anthony, John Brown, Kansas, Quakers, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, underground railroad
  • let's have tea

    Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass association recounted in new biography

    Susan B. Anthony And Justice For All is out in its new edition and explores her long-term association with Frederick Douglass. This monument, titled “Let’s Have Tea,” depicts two of [...]

    Published On: October 3, 2017Categories: American History, Contemporaries of the AnthonysTags: contemporaries of the Anthonys, Daniel Read Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony And Justice For All
  • book cover

    America’s Iconic Suffragist

    Biography of Susan B. Anthony–New in September 2017! Susan B. Anthony And Justice For All: Suffrage Centennial Edition–complete revision of 1994 edition. Order now on Amazon or Amazon Kindle. Description: This biography [...]

    Published On: September 23, 2017Categories: Books by Jeanne Gehret, Susan B. AnthonyTags: biography of Susan B. Anthony, books about Susan B. Anthony, New York, New York woman suffrage, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony House, temperance, voting, women's rights
  • Town Where Susan B. Anthony Was Convicted

     Ontario County is celebrating woman suffrage  at a fine exhibit in Canandaigua, NY,  the town where Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting. It runs until April 1, 2018. In addition [...]

    Published On: August 15, 2017Categories: Susan B. AnthonyTags: New York, Rochester, Susan B. Anthony, voting, woman suffrage, women's rights
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