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The Anthony Family

Why do young women fall for older men?

You don’t hear much about May-December romances these days. But history is full couples made of young women with older men, especially in centuries when

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Victorian

How losses form bonds between lovers

  This week marks the sinking of the whaling ship Ocmulgee, owned by Annie Osborn’s father. Thirty years earlier, Daniel Read (D.R.) Anthony’s father went

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Civil War

Defenseless town massacred

A band of 400 proslavery ruffians–many teenagers–led by a madman named Quantrill conducted the Lawrence Massacre in 1863 in Kansas on this day.  Most of

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The Life of Susan B. Anthony

Town Where Susan B. Anthony Was Convicted

 Ontario County is celebrating woman suffrage  at a fine exhibit in Canandaigua, NY,  the town where Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting. It runs until

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The Life of Susan B. Anthony

Why She Should Vote: Susan B. Anthony

Last week, Perinton and Pittsford filled the halls to hear my “Failure is Impossible” reenactment of Susan B. Anthony. One of the highlights of that

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The Life of Susan B. Anthony

Jeanne Gehret Performs Susan B. Anthony

Jeanne’s performance of Susan B. Anthony at Fairport Library is fully reserved. But there’s still room at the Pittsford (NY) Library performance on 7/20 at

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