Sarah Read Adamson-Dolley was the first American female doctor. She enhanced the lives of both rich and poor women by her example and her work as a physician.
Historic Site Category: Suffrage
Alasa Farms
Located in the hamlet of Alton, in the Town of Sodus, New York. Shaker farmstead from 1826 to 1838. Fourierist community from 1843 to 1846.
Albany, New York
Last NYS Women’s Rights Convention before the Civil War (1861); “Bill to prohibit Disenfranchisement” (1885).
The Albion Hotel
Convention/speech held at dining room as no hall or church would accept them.
Note: Building no longer exists.
Alva Erskine Stirling Belmont Mausoleum
The final resting place of suffragette Alva Vanderbilt Belmont in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Apollo Hall
Site of multiple woman’s suffrage conventions and celebrations from 1870 to 1873.
Association Hall
Site of 1854 “Justice to Women” and 1860 New York State Women’s Rights Conventions.
First Universalist Church, Rochester, New York
Site of plenary sessions of two state conventions of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association (NYSWSA): December 16–18, 1890, and October 24–27, 1905.
Memorial AME Zion Church
Founded in 1827, the early church edifice was connected to the Underground Railroad in Rochester.
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House
Home to Susan B. Anthony, her mother, Lucy, and sister Mary from 1866 after the death of her father, Daniel Anthony.
St. Nicholas Hall
The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
Birthplace and early-childhood home of Susan B. Anthony. Now a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to preserving Anthony’s birthplace and raising awareness of her legacy.