This months story is:
If you want to Learn About Life, Start in a Cemetery
written by Melanie Nelson,
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THE HENRIETTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY presents:
Unique Women of Rochester
Presented by Dan Cody
Sunday, March 17, 2024
2 pm - 4 pm
March is Women’s History Month. Our speaker will focus on women from Rochester. Dan will talk about early settlers including Mary Jemison and Sofia Rochester. From more recent history, he will discuss the contributions of Kate Gleason,
Abby Wambach and others.
Dan Cody continues to work at the Local History Division of the Rochester Public Library and is an adjunct American History professor at several local community colleges.
He is one of our favorite speakers.
Meetings are held at the Henrietta Senior Center, 515 Calkins Road
All programs are free and handicapped accessible
Visit www.henriettahistoricalsociety.org for directions
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and www.henriettahistoricalsociety.org
henriettahistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
- to encourage community interest in the town's history
- to collect, preserve, and exhibit artifacts, writings, and historical items
- to conduct and collect oral histories from town residents
- to serve the educational and cultural needs of Henrietta, New York
Henrietta's Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society Launches New Website to Honor Legacy of National Suffragist Henrietta, NY:
March is national women's history month, and the Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society is promoting the legacy of Henrietta's own national suffragist and women’s rights activist by launching their new website, www.antoinettebrownblackwell.org.
A Henrietta, New York native, Antoinette Brown Blackwell was one of a small group of exceptional 19th century women who addressed areas of injustice in their society and advocated for reform, including women’s suffrage. In 1853 she became the first woman in the United States to be ordained a minister. She was the last of the original leaders of women’s rights alive when the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920, and she voted at the age of 95. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.
The Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society is dedicated to inspiring the growth of every individual by promoting the legacy of this extraordinary woman. The Society awards an annual scholarship and selects a Henrietta Woman of the Year to honor in Antoinette’s name.
Visit www.anoinettebrownblackwell.org for more information on our programs and becoming a member.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society
www.antoinettebrownblackwell.org
Contact: Anita Hawkins, Chair, at 585-721-7487 or ahawkins@frontier.com
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