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Society & Culture
February 11, 2022 | 03:50 pm

Susan B. Anthony: A life and legacy entwined with Rochester

February 15 marks the birthday of American civil rights and social justice leader Susan B. Anthony. Today, the University of Rochester is a collector, curator, and steward of her legacy.

topics: diversity, featured-post, Susan B. Anthony,
Society & Culture
March 29, 2017 | 02:00 pm

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn

Forgotten for over a century, a recently discovered trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Friends of the University Libraries, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights, women's suffrage,
Science & Technology
December 8, 2015 | 12:33 pm

Early Douglass daguerreotype on display

One of the earliest images of the 19th-century abolitionist is on loan at the River Campus Libraries through February. While here, the 1848 portrait will feature in a larger exhibition about the University’s work on researching and preserving daguerreotypes.

topics: announcements, daguerreotype, Frederick Douglass, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, URnano,
Society & Culture
August 21, 2015 | 02:53 pm

Center brings Susan B. Anthony into the 21st century with  #SueBSays

While much is known about the famed suffragist’s stance on social equality and slavery, Susan B. Anthony also had lots to say on a variety of issues that still resonate today.

topics: announcements, Catherine Cerulli, John Cullen, Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony Center, women's rights,
Society & Culture
February 13, 2015 | 11:50 am

Celebrating Susan B. Anthony’s 195th Birthday

Faculty, students, and staff will celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s birthday with a visit to her gravesite in Mount Hope Cemetery on Monday, Feb. 16.

topics: events, Honey Meconi, Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, women's suffrage,
Society & Culture
August 26, 2014 | 03:26 pm

University acquires newly discovered collection of Susan B. Anthony letters

94 years ago with the formal adoption of the 19th Amendment, women won the right to vote. Now, a newly discovered collection of Susan B. Anthony letters will help show how. The letters were written by Anthony to her “most cherished young lieutenant” Rachel Foster Avery.

topics: announcements, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's suffrage,