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Portrait of Helen Barrett Montgomery
Elected in 1899, Helen Barrett Montgomery served on the Rochester School Board for 10 years. She was instrumental in introducing progressive reforms like kindergartens, vocational training, and health education.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony, the most well-known suffragist in the U.S., did not attend the women’s rights conventions in 1848. She was teaching in Canajoharie, NY, and lecturing against alcohol use at the time. She did not join the fight for women’s rights…
Badge worn by delegates to the 37th annual convention of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, 1905
The New York State Woman Suffrage Association held its 37th annual state convention in Rochester in 1905 and honored Susan B. Anthony throughout the week. The official badge featured her picture and favorite quotation: "Perfect Equality of Rights for…
What Does Voting Mean To You?
A video compilation of footage and interviews recorded in the Rochester, NY area during and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign and election. Interviewees responded to questions such as: "What does voting mean to you?", "Do you remember what…
What Does Voting Mean To You? video
A video compilation of footage and interviews recorded in the Rochester, NY area during and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign and election. Interviewees responded to questions such as: "What does voting mean to you?", "Do you remember what…
Bicycle
Built by Smith H. Phinney, circa 1895, who used oak and maple for the frame and tires.
Menu from a banquet hosted by the Rochester Political Equality Club, 1896.
Banquet, Political Equality Club, at the Livingston Hotel, Friday Evening, November the twentieth, Rochester, N.Y., 1896. A yellow ribbon is attached to the corner of the booklet.
Admission tickets for lectures at the Lyceum Theater sponsored by the Rochester Political Equality Club, 1903-1904.
A strip of admissions tickets for lectures at the Lyceum Theater on various topics of interest to suffragists, including lectures by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Harriet Stanton Blatch, Dr. A. E. Winship, Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, Hon. Samuel M. Jones,…
Women! Help America's Sons Win the War poster
World War I era poster encouraging women to support the war effort by purchasing U.S. Government Bonds. Poster depicts a gray-haired woman standing in front of an American flag with her arms stretched out. Poster reads: Women! Help America's Sons Win…
Susan B. Anthony's study with quilt.
Susan B. Anthony's sister Hannah was married in the fall of 1845. The women spent hours during the summer before making quilts and other necessities for Hannah's new home. This white work quilt is an elegant example of a wholecloth quilt enlivened by…