Adams, MA
The Board of Directors for
the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum has hired Sally Winn as the
new Executive Director. She will begin her position in January,
2010.
Ms. Winn has been an outspoken
advocate for women and children for the past fifteen years, most
recently as the Director of Operations for the Florence Crittenton
Center for Pregnant and Parenting Teens. Prior to that, she served
for several years as the Vice President of Feminists for Life, a
Washington, D.C, -based nonprofit. Ms. Winn has lectured at
more than 65 colleges across the nation, lobbied state legislatures,
and given testimony on Capitol Hill in an effort to shed light
on over 200 years of feminism and to bring resources to pregnant
and parenting college women.
"Susan B. Anthony has been a life-long heroine. I am
honored to be a keeper of her legacy," stated Winn. "To
be able to share her passion and voice with the rest of the world,
as well as shine the light on this wonderful Adams community that
gave her birth is a humbling experience." Winn and her two
teen age daughters will be relocating to Massachusetts from the
Pacific Northwest.
" Sally brings the kind of creativity in technology and communications
that we need to take the Birthplace Museum to a new level,"
said Carol Crossed, the Board's President. "She will build
on the incredible work of Martha Dailey, who oversaw the critical
phase of restoration and exhibit narrative writing." Crossed,
who purchased the home in 2006, recently received the 2009
Woman of Achievement Award from the Northern Berkshire
Business & Professional Women.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony
of the Birthplace is planned for February 14, 2010, the 90th Anniversary
year of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to
vote. Remarks will be delivered by various dignitaries including
State Senator Marian Walsh (D). It will be followed by a birthday
celebration for Susan B. Anthony in the Adams Library Memorial Room.
The mission of SBABM,
located at 67 East Road in Adams, is to preserve the house and memorialize
Anthony who was born in the home’s south parlor in 1820. The
exhibits will focus on the 19th century wide-ranging legacy of Anthony
including Quaker life, temperance, opposition to slavery and abortion,
women’s suffrage, and The Susan B Anthony Amendment to the
United States Constitution.
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