March 8,  2020

Marching with Mother Exhibit

Opening reception for Marching with Mother Exhibit with featured presentation by Suzanne Schnittman on her book about mothers and daughters in the Suffrage Movement.

 

March 5, 2020

Berkshire Law Library's Annual "Cinema of Law" film series

Berkshire Athenaeum, One Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield MA. 6:00pm

One Woman, One Vote (1995, DVD 2010) PBS documentary, 108 min.  Introduced by attorney Lee Flournoy

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March 10, 2020

Berkshire Law Library's Annual "Cinema of Law" film series

Berkshire Athenaeum, One Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield MA. 6:00pm

Suffragette (2015) starring Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter 1 hr 46 min. Introduced by attorney Holly Rogers.

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March 28, 3:30pm - Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum Lenox, MA - Michele La Rue presents “Someone Must Wash the Dishes,” an Anti-Suffrage Satire based on historical publications.

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April 1 2020 

The Merritt of Bicycles historical talk - Cassandra Peltier and Michelle Abrams - Who was "The New Woman" and what do bicycles have to do with Women's Suffrage? Abrams (a Gilded Age Art Historian) and Peltier (a Material Culture and Fashion Politics Historian) will explain the bicycle's role in sociopolitical climates and art during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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April 4, 2020

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

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May 11-17th, 2020

International Museum Week

#museumweek #museumweek2020 7 days, 7 themes, 7 hasthags. “The first worldwide cultural event on social networks” Get in on the action - visit museums and share your experience following the calendar on www.museum-week.org

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May 18th, 2020

International Museum Day

@MuseumDay #MuseumDay #EarthOptimism

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May 2020

“Cruisin’ With Susan” Bicycle festival

The first Annual “Cruisin’ With Susan” Bicycle festival will take place at various sites throughout the Town of Adams. Activities include a Bike Repair workshops, Bike Swap, Ashuwillticook Trail Ride, and performances and food vendors. Rumor has it we may receive a visit from Susan herself!

 

June 27th 2020

Historical Family Farm Day - Games, activities and costumes from when Susan B. Anthony was a child. “Look How Far We’ve Come” - discussion of women’s rights in the 19th and early 20th century from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Point of View, presented by historian and performer Melanie Stringer. Seeking local artisans to give demonstrations of traditional crafts such as textile work, woodworking, and leather crafting. Music and refreshments will be available.

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July 18th & 19th 2020

Herstory Conference -  Located in Adams, MA. Join us in downtown Adams for sessions and panel discussions about a variety of women's history topics that featured in the U.S. Suffrage Movement. Presenters including Stewart Burns, Lori Harrison-Kahan, Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Janet Farrell Brodie, and Colleen Spellecy will discuss Quakerism and Activism, women's incarceration at the Willard Asylum, Racism in the Suffrage Movement, and historical context of women's reproductive rights in the 19th and early century.

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August 21-23, 2020

ASCCC Suffrage Centennial festival

Friday - musical performances in evening to kick off celebratory weekend. Saturday - street fair with food and performers. Sunday - hometown parade and statue unveiling. Contact Peter Tomyl if you would like to volunteer or participate in the parade! Visit www.celebratsusanbanthony.org for more information or to get in touch with the committee

 

October 24, 2020

Historic Costume Contest and Fundraiser - themed “To the future in the distance” (based on Carrie Chapman Catt quote: “To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.” Costume prizes, raffles, and team trivia.

 

November 29, 2020

Museum Store Sunday and Third Annual Homespun Holiday Crafts