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Susan B. Anthony House

built 1859-1864; occupied by Anthony 1866-1906

Anthony's home in Rochester, New York, from 1866 until her death in 1906, and the site of her 1872 arrest for illegally voting.

Anthony's home for forty years and the site of her famous 1872 arrest for voting illegally.

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Black and white photograph of a three-story brick house with a steep gabled roof, covered in ivy, with a tall evergreen tree in front and a wooden porch with steps on the left. A historical marker sign stands on the lawn beside the porch.
Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, New York, photographed 1967.

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What it is

This is the Susan B. Anthony House, a two-story Italianate brick building at 17 Madison Street in Rochester, New York, built in the early 1860s. Susan B. Anthony lived there from 1866 until her death in 1906, along with her sister and mother. It has operated as a museum since 1945.

Why it matters

The house was both Anthony's private residence and, after she became president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the organization's operational headquarters. It is the site where she was arrested in 1872 for voting in a federal election, an act of civil disobedience that became central to the suffrage movement's story. The house was later designated a National Historic Landmark.

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  • Why might Anthony's own home have become the headquarters of a national organization?
  • What does it mean that she was arrested in her own front parlor?
  • How does preserving a house as a museum shape how we remember a historical figure?

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Scan of a printed and handwritten petition titled 'A Petition for Universal Suffrage,' addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives. Below the text is a two-column list of handwritten signatures under 'Names' and 'Residence,' including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, with places such as New York, Rochester, and Brooklyn.Document

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Petition for Universal Suffrage, circa 1865

Susan B. Anthony and others · circa 1865

Scan of the front page of the first issue of The Revolution, dated New York, Wednesday, January 8, 1868. Masthead reads 'The Revolution' with the motto 'Principle, not policy; justice, not favors.' Three columns of small print include editorials on Kansas woman suffrage and a statement of editors Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury and Susan B. Anthony. A round Library of Congress stamp appears at upper right.Newspaper article

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The Revolution

Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1868

Dark, nearly black book cover with faint embossed decorative ornament in the center and a white library barcode label on the upper left reading 3 1761 04261 4271 printed vertically.Book

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History of Woman Suffrage

Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1881-1922

Black-and-white studio portrait of two elderly women. A seated woman with curly white hair, wearing a light lace-edged shawl and patterned dress, looks down at papers. A standing woman with white hair in a bun and wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark dress with ruffled bodice, holds the papers and looks down at them. Plain grey backdrop.Photograph

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

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