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Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum Teams with Northern Berkshire Community Television to Host Anthony’s 201st Birthday Celebration
________________________________________________________________________MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
FEB 14 pm: NBCTC 1301
FEB 15: YOUTUBE, Adams Historical Society & Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
Human rights icon Susan B. Anthony turns 201 years old in February 2021. The Birthplace Museum will celebrate virtually this year with local talent and “Suffrage Balladeer” Steve Adams presenting his original music, narrative, and historical montage, “A Fine Agitation: Susan B. Anthony Tribute Edition.”
Adams, Mass.—February 1, 2021—The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, Mass., and the Northern Berkshire Community Television Corp. (NBCTC) will host Susan B. Anthony’s 201st birthday celebration on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2 to 3 p.m. on NBCTC Channel 1301.
In addition, the event will be available for viewing on the Adams Historical Society’s YouTube channel, https://bit.ly/3j5bOz7, on Monday, Feb. 15, Anthony’s actual birthday. The video can also be viewed on the Museum’s YouTube channel the same day.
“The birthday celebration, usually held at the Adams Free Library, will be shown ‘covid style’ on local cable tv and online this year,” Pat Anthony, the event producer, said. Pat and her committee, Kathy Peters and Colleen Spellecy, worked closely with NBCTC Program Director Paul W. Marino. “Paul helped us with all the technical aspects—from advising to recording to editing. We couldn’t have done it without him!” she said.
The Program: A Tribute to Susan
The one-hour program will feature “Suffrage Balladeer” Steve Adams, who wrote “A Fine Agitation: Susan B. Anthony Tribute Edition,” music and narrative with historical montages in honor of the 100th anniversary year of women's suffrage in America.
The celebration will also include a state-of-the-art virtual tour by museum docent and ‘virtual technologist’ Marty Loughman; “Happy Birthday” sung by eight-year-old Adams resident Imogen Guerin; and a brief address on “Susan B Anthony, The Great Teacher” by Adams Historical Society President Eugene Michalenko.
Loughman will show viewers the museum’s upper floors, which are currently closed to guests. “Visitors can see what Anthony’s home might have looked like in the early 1820s when young mill workers lived in the attic of the home,” Loughman said. He completed his project in 2019 as a student at Lesley University. As part of the birthday program, Marty’s father, Museum Board Member Jim Loughman, will present Marty with an Award of Excellence.
Pat Anthony, a professional musician in her own right and an honorary member of the Board of Anthony Family Descendants, will serve as announcer for the performers.
“As Quakers, Susan B. Anthony’s parents shied away from self-imagery; they and Susan would never have dreamed of a birthday party in her home so publicly displayed!” Pat said.
About the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
The Susan B. Anthony birthplace was restored, and opened in 2010. The two-story Federal-style house at the foot of Mount Greylock depicts family and work life and the Quaker community in the early 1800s, and includes Daniel Anthony’s store, the room where Anthony was born, a portrait gallery, authentic period pieces, ephemera, and a detailed timeline. Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, 67 East Road (PO Box 244), Adams, MA 01220, 413-743-7121, info@susanbanthonybirthplace.org, www.susanbanthonybirthplace.org.
For questions, please email info@susanbanthonybirthplace.org for more information.
FEB 15: YOUTUBE, Adams Historical Society & Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
Human rights icon Susan B. Anthony turns 201 years old in February 2021. The Birthplace Museum will celebrate virtually this year with local talent and “Suffrage Balladeer” Steve Adams presenting his original music, narrative, and historical montage, “A Fine Agitation: Susan B. Anthony Tribute Edition.”
Adams, Mass.—February 1, 2021—The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, Mass., and the Northern Berkshire Community Television Corp. (NBCTC) will host Susan B. Anthony’s 201st birthday celebration on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2 to 3 p.m. on NBCTC Channel 1301.
In addition, the event will be available for viewing on the Adams Historical Society’s YouTube channel, https://bit.ly/3j5bOz7, on Monday, Feb. 15, Anthony’s actual birthday. The video can also be viewed on the Museum’s YouTube channel the same day.
“The birthday celebration, usually held at the Adams Free Library, will be shown ‘covid style’ on local cable tv and online this year,” Pat Anthony, the event producer, said. Pat and her committee, Kathy Peters and Colleen Spellecy, worked closely with NBCTC Program Director Paul W. Marino. “Paul helped us with all the technical aspects—from advising to recording to editing. We couldn’t have done it without him!” she said.
The Program: A Tribute to Susan
The one-hour program will feature “Suffrage Balladeer” Steve Adams, who wrote “A Fine Agitation: Susan B. Anthony Tribute Edition,” music and narrative with historical montages in honor of the 100th anniversary year of women's suffrage in America.
The celebration will also include a state-of-the-art virtual tour by museum docent and ‘virtual technologist’ Marty Loughman; “Happy Birthday” sung by eight-year-old Adams resident Imogen Guerin; and a brief address on “Susan B Anthony, The Great Teacher” by Adams Historical Society President Eugene Michalenko.
Loughman will show viewers the museum’s upper floors, which are currently closed to guests. “Visitors can see what Anthony’s home might have looked like in the early 1820s when young mill workers lived in the attic of the home,” Loughman said. He completed his project in 2019 as a student at Lesley University. As part of the birthday program, Marty’s father, Museum Board Member Jim Loughman, will present Marty with an Award of Excellence.
Pat Anthony, a professional musician in her own right and an honorary member of the Board of Anthony Family Descendants, will serve as announcer for the performers.
“As Quakers, Susan B. Anthony’s parents shied away from self-imagery; they and Susan would never have dreamed of a birthday party in her home so publicly displayed!” Pat said.
About the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
The Susan B. Anthony birthplace was restored, and opened in 2010. The two-story Federal-style house at the foot of Mount Greylock depicts family and work life and the Quaker community in the early 1800s, and includes Daniel Anthony’s store, the room where Anthony was born, a portrait gallery, authentic period pieces, ephemera, and a detailed timeline. Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, 67 East Road (PO Box 244), Adams, MA 01220, 413-743-7121, info@susanbanthonybirthplace.org, www.susanbanthonybirthplace.org.
For questions, please email info@susanbanthonybirthplace.org for more information.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 SBA BIRTHDAY DONORS!!!
We at the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum see historical research as a tool to help us better understand today’s social and political challenges.
We know that words cannot fix the deep wounds caused by centuries of injustice and violence, but we hope that by providing educational tools and historical resources we can help build a better future.
We have added new pages to our website featuring historical speeches and museum objects from the Abolition and Suffrage Movements, as well as age-appropriate book and movie lists which address the history of racial prejudice in the United States through 1920.
Another addition of historical resources and suffrage newspapers relate to suffrage Opposition to Restellism (Opposition to Abortion). Both of these can be found in the menu bar to the left of this home page.
We know that words cannot fix the deep wounds caused by centuries of injustice and violence, but we hope that by providing educational tools and historical resources we can help build a better future.
We have added new pages to our website featuring historical speeches and museum objects from the Abolition and Suffrage Movements, as well as age-appropriate book and movie lists which address the history of racial prejudice in the United States through 1920.
Another addition of historical resources and suffrage newspapers relate to suffrage Opposition to Restellism (Opposition to Abortion). Both of these can be found in the menu bar to the left of this home page.
Book a Virtual History Talk!
Looking for a way to safely commemorate the Women's Suffrage Centennial with your organization? Executive Director Cassandra Peltier is happy to deliver her history talks via video call. Choose from a list of existing topics or request a custom-tailored presentation.
Contact us for more information about cost and talk subjects. #Homeschooling?
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About the book Vintage Tweets
The Woman Suffrage cause in the 19th and early 20th centuries, namely that women were citizens of the United States and had a right to shape the government and its laws through the vote, required being creative in means and in message. Communication both to the public and in the private sphere was essential. The postcard fulfilled those demands as the “tweets” of an earlier time. This book displays hundreds of vintage postcards from the collection of Carol N. Crossed. Always passionate and informative, sometimes humorous and satirical, these 100-year-old postcards communicate the intensity of the Woman’s Rights movement from both the supporters and the opposition. For more information: www.vintagetweetsbook.com/ SBABM & Connecting PointCassandra Peltier and Lucy Anthony Czaja met with interviewer and videographer Dave Fraser of WGBY who came to feature the museum. Thank you Carolee McGrath, of Connecting Points, for bringing attention to our hometown heroine - Susan B. Enjoy in this segment - Remembering Women’s Rights Activist Susan B. Anthony.
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