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Susan B. Anthony House
1 review for Susan B. Anthony House
The inconspicuous, yet well-preserved home of women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony can be found on a quaint, ordinary-looking street in Rochester just a mile west of the convention center downtown. This is the home where she was arrested in 1872 for voting just a few days beforehand. Arrested. For voting.
The home contains many of her original things and photos. Personal highlights of mine included her typewriters, desk, bed, portraits of friends and colleagues, and a dress made of black satin (the satin was given to her from a group of women in WY as a token of their gratitude for her help in promoting and securing their suffrage at the local level).
Standing in the third floor attic that she had built as workspace for the National American Woman Suffrage Association is truly amazing. One can't help but imagine her hard at work with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women of the time strategizing, writing, and planning events to support the movement.
Don't forget to stop by the park just a block away from her house (this was recommended to me by an astute docent at the house who thought I would enjoy it based on our conversations). There is a wonderful memorial statue of Susan and Frederick Douglass talking over tea (as they often did together).
What a historical gem. Highly recommended!