Yesterday, Emily and I went to the revealing of a new memorial here in Rochester where Susan B. Anthony cast her illegal ballot in 1876 and was arrested. It was a important event in getting people to start talking about Women's Suffrage. There was the official Susan B. Anthony character there. Susan spent the second half of her life here in Rochester.
We also went to her house. It was really neat. This dress was created by the Relief Society in Utah, as a gift to Susan because she did a lot of campaigning out there. Utah was the second state to accept Women's Suffrage! 
Susan and Fredrick Douglas were friends and they worked together on getting the right to vote for the African Americans and Women. There is a folk story that they got together to have tea in the park here to discuss their plans.There was an annual festival and everything yesterday because this coming Wednesday is the anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920, that gave women the right to vote.
Anyway, it was pretty cool and we thought we would share.
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If you like history, I know a wonderful little city you can visit - think Constitution Hall, the Liberty Bell, 1776 . . . :)
(and only a 45 minute drive from FREE accomodations)
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