One year, on our way to Canada, we stopped in Rochester, New York. My boys wanted to visit a comic store (of course), and since we were in Rochester, I suggested we visit Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite (Section C, Plot 93). I wanted my daughter to see a symbol of one of the pioneers of suffrage and women’s right to vote. Especially because when I mentioned that she had been on the dollar coin, there was a little confusion and looking up the difference between the Anthony dollar and the Sacajawea one. Driving to Niagara Falls and the Canadian border, west on I-90, there are several signs for women’s history from Seneca Falls, NY (birthplace of women’s rights) to Auburn, NY (home of Harriet Tubman).
I’ve written before about Susan B. Anthony and suffrage. They can be found by searching my tags in the search bar to the left. Below find some places to visit related to Susan B. and women’s rights as well as the surrounding area.
There are no falls in Seneca Falls.
Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite can be found at the Mount Hope Cemetery. Frederick Douglass may also be found in his final resting place here.
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Near her house is the Susan B. Anthony Park.
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Women’s Hall of Fame – reopening in the spring
Spend 48 Hours in Seneca Falls (from the I Love NY site)
Also visit this online, virtual, “museum without walls”: National Women’s History Museum
And this online feature at the New York State Museum: Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial
Rochester Region Suffrage Timeline
Play Women’s Hall of Fame Solitaire
Finally, use the Freethought Trail to plan your journeys for the following (more available on the website):
Women’s Suffrage Conventions Trail
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 