The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House announces the 2025 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration on the theme of “A Purse of Her Own.” Susan B. Anthony’s name has been mentioned throughout this election year, and this year’s birthday celebration will touch on many of the ways this icon of human rights is still relevant.
“Susan B. Anthony realized that a person could be a much more effective change maker if she has resources to empower her,” remarks President & CEO Deborah L. Hughes. “Those resources become tools to raise awareness, educate, and organize others.”
In her lifetime, Susan B. Anthony worked passionately to raise awareness about the ways in which women were denied financial opportunity, and she worked to change laws and attitudes. In November 1853, she wrote in her diary, “Woman must have a purse of her own, & how can this be, so long as the wife is denied the right to her individual and joint earnings. . . . there was no true freedom for woman without the possession of all her property rights.”
The dinner’s featured speaker is Lori Van Dusen, CIMA®, the founder and CEO of LVW Advisors, an investment advisory firm with a national reach, located in Rochester. Lori is also the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Running with Grace: A Wall Street Insider’s Path to True Leadership, a Purposeful Life, and Joy in the Face of Adversity, published in 2023. She has been recognized numerous times both locally and nationally for her notable business success and for her philanthropy, including the prestigious Icon Award. (Go to susanb.org/van-dusen for a complete bio.)
The Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration will take place February 12, 2025, at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street, Rochester, at 6 p.m., and will include dinner, guest speakers, as well as an update of the Anthony Museum’s campus expansion plans. This year’s celebration marks Anthony’s 205th birthday. The party is held each year in mid-February to celebrate her February 15 birthday, to honor contemporary women who continue her legacy, and to raise awareness of the educational and inspirational programs offered by the Anthony Museum.
Individual seats and group tables may be purchased online at susanb.org or by calling 585-279-7490 ext. 10. Corporate sponsorships are still available. Contact Lesia Telega at 585-279-7490 ext. 12 for more information.
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