Fundraiser at Rosendale Theatre in March 2013
Read about the buzz associated with the “Brimstone, Booze, and the Ballot” program sponsored by Votes for Women 2020, the Susan B. Anthony House, and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation. Preview of the program. New York History overview. New Paltz blog...
Read MoreDeborah Hughes
Deborah L. Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, NY, is an engaging speaker and lecturer who brings new insights and challenging perspectives to the life and work of Susan B. Anthony and the nineteenth century reformers. Ms. Hughes is a strong advocate for human rights and equal opportunity for all, especially those who suffer discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or economic circumstance. As an ordained minister and theologian, she brings a depth of knowledge and breadth of experience to this dialogue. Deborah...
Read MoreSally Roesch Wagner
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is the founder and executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, New York. One of the first women to receive a doctorate in the US for work in women’s studies, she is a founder of one of the country’s first women’s studies programs. An author and lecturer, Dr. Wagner appeared in the Ken Burn’s PBS documentary “Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony” for which she wrote the accompanying faculty guide. Sally Roesch Wagner joins Deborah Hughes in a special program at the Rosendale...
Read MoreSusan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony: abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, women’s rights campaigner. MORE.
Read MoreMatilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a progressive visionary of women’s rights, human liberation, and an often unacknowledged leader who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote the arguments, inspired the passions, and organized the political action of the 19th century woman suffrage movement in the United States. MORE. The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation is dedicated to educating current and future generations about Matilda Joslyn Gage’s work and its power to drive contemporary social change. Visit the Gage home and foundation in Fayetteville, New...
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