Geneva, N.Y.: The Geneva Historical Society has opened an exhibit on Geneva and the women's suffrage movement in the first floor gallery of the Geneva History Museum. In its early days, the movement which began in Seneca Falls in 1848 was perhaps too radical for Geneva, but by the late 1800s the city had a community of activists. Well-connected social reformers made the city a center of suffrage activity for Ontario County and the region. “Good Results Have Followed”: The Women’s Rights Movement in Geneva 1848-2017 examines the work of local activists like Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller and their formation of the Geneva Political Equality Club in 1897. It covers the city’s connections to national luminaries like Susan B. Anthony and Anna Howard Shaw, the struggle leading up to universal suffrage in the state in 1917, and the development of local women political leaders and activism to the present day.
“Good Results Have Followed” is now open and will remain open through May 31, 2017. For more information about the exhibit, call the Geneva Historical Society at 315-789-5151.
The Geneva History Museum is located at 543 South Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is available on the street or in the lot at Trinity Episcopal Church.
