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"The purpose of recognizing discrimination is not to
become a victim, but a revolutionary." -- Susan Estrich
In Rochester, NY visit: |
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The Susan B. Anthony House |
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Coffee Connection, 681 South Ave. Enjoy fair trade coffee and
support a workplace that provides job and interpersonal skills
training to its women workers. |
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Mt. Hope Cemetery, Mt. Hope Ave. near Elmwood Ave. Both Susan B.
Anthony and Frederick Douglass are buried here. |
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Antoinette Blackwell birthplace (not open to the public), 1099
Pinnacle Road, Henrietta. Blackwell was the first ordained female
minister in the United States. |
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In Seneca Falls, NY visit: |
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Women's Rights National
Historical Park which includes the Elizabeth Cady Stanton home.
Support the Park through the
Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park. |
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National Women's Hall of Fame |
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Near Rochester, NY visit: |
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Statue of Mary
Jemison, Letchworth State Park, Castile. Known as the "White Woman
of the Genesee," Jemison lived among the Seneca Indians.
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Harriet Tubman home, 180 South St. Auburn. Tubman led more than 300
slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. |
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Clara Barton established the first local Red Cross society in the St
Paul's United Lutheran Church, 21 Clara Barton St., Dansville. |
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Matilda Joslyn
Gage home, 210 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville, NY. Gage was a major
leader, along with Anthony and Stanton, in the woman suffrage
movement. |
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Feminist history: |
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Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement |
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Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote |
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1848 Declaration of Sentiments |
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1998 Declaration of Sentiments of the National
Organization for Women |
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The Women's Peace Encampment |
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Letters of Susan B. Anthony from the Rochester Public Library, Local
History Manuscript Collection. View documents online. |
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Martha Matilda Harper
defied her destiny as a servant girl to launch America's
first business format franchising system in 1891 in Rochester. |
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Frederick
Douglass lived in Rochester for 25 years until his home burned
down and he moved to Washington, D.C. His paper North Star was
published here. |
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Rochester's Topfree Seven
were arrested in 1986 for baring their breasts in a
park. They challenged the law that stated women could bare their
breasts for "entertainment" purposes only.
In 1992 the New York highest state court ruled that women could be topfree in public. |
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