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Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum Teams with Northern Berkshire Community Television to Host Anthony’s 201st Birthday Celebration
Watch our first-ever broadcasted historic birthday celebration for Susan B. Anthony! #201in2021
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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.
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.
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.
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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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Feature Volunteer: Meet Leah!
Leah Couture is one of The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum's most dedicated volunteers! Leah comes to us through BFAIR, the Berkshire Family & Individuals Resource Center in North Adams, Massachusetts. Leah, along with her assistants Missy and Jill, welcomes visitors at the Admissions counter and staffs the gift shop, working 6 hours a week in the summer and 3 hours a week in the winter. We are grateful to Leah for her continued support of the Birthplace - it is thanks to dedicated volunteers like Leah that we are able to open our doors to visitors all year round!
We asked Leah a few questions to get to know her better - here's what she said: What is your favorite spot in the museum? "The Gift Shop - and I like the flowers in the garden." What is your favorite type of music? "Country Music - I know most of the new songs and I like singing along." How did you hear about the Birthplace Museum?"BFAIR" What is your favorite part of volunteering at the SBABM? "Meeting new people, making crafts, art and pictures, and seeing the stuff in the museum and gift shop." Why do you think Susan and her family are relevant today? "Family is an important part of history. I like the stories in the museum about kids." Visit the Gift shop
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