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Susan B. Anthony Memorial Association: Minutes, printed material, solicitation book related to raising money to erect Anthony Hall on the University of Rochester Prince Street campus.

Cartoon, "The Woman Who Dared," by Thomas Wust, Daily Graphic 1, no. 81 (June 5, 1873).

A cartoon of Susan B. Anthony as "Woman Who Dared" (to vote).

Susan B. Anthony $1 coins were minted from 1979-1981, and again from 1999-2000. The coin was originally designed with an allegorical image of Lady Liberty, but Congress, the League of Women Voters, the National Organization for Women, and the…

Salt glazed stoneware jug with cobalt decoration, of the type often used for spiritous liquors.

Album quilt made for the Reverend Charles Thompson and his wife, Alice, when Rev. Thompson left 2nd Baptist Church in Rochester. 17 names of parishioners.

Rochester's history is well-tied to the garment industry which brought long hours and unsafe conditions to its workers. Immigrant garment worker Ida Breiman joined a labor strike in an effort to secure better working conditions, shorter hours, and…

Map of the Concrest Development in East Rochester, NY. Kate Gleason was instrumental in the creation of the housing development, which aimed to provide afforable housing to the working class. The development included 55 houses built between 1919 and…

Eleanor Gleason, a lifetime member of the Women's Council at the Rochester Institute of Technology went to France to settle her sister, Kate Gleason's, estate and brought some of her treasures with her back to the United States. About 1958, Eleanor…

Portrait of Martha Matilda Harper showing her floor-length long hair.

This photograph depicts the inside of a Harper Method hair studio. One woman sits in a chair while two other women stand brushing her hair. A reclining shampoo chair and other tools are visible in the picture.