As the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment approaches, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the National Park Service to put Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s the final resting place of Susan B. Anthony, who helped bring women the right to vote, and of Abolitionist […]
People have been lining up since Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery opened this morning, with women and entire families visiting the grave of Susan B. Anthony. A thousand or more went through by midday, including Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren who went through the line about 11:00. The long-time leader of the votes-for-women movement died 14 years […]
Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery will keep extended hours on election day to accommodate women who want to celebrate their vote at Susan B. Anthony’s grave site. It’s become common for area women to go to Anthony’s grave after voting and put their “I voted today” stickers on her tombstone. The practice has drawn national media […]
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