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Explore the friendship of two iconic women’s rights leaders.
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were close friends for 50 years. They collaborated fighting for women’s rights and advocated for the rights of others.
Join us to hear about their challenges, setbacks and legacies. Discover how their pioneering significantly contributed to the passing of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.
“Men with their rights and nothing more, women with their rights and nothing less.” –Susan B. Anthony
Presented by British born Julie Koenig, a keen observer and fascinating storyteller, highlighting aspects of historical periods and sharing how they can relate to us all. Koenig lives in NE Ohio and shares her insights around the region, having gained a wonderful fan base.
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In 1829, Charles Hyde Olmsted promised to donate 500 books from his father’s collection if the residents agreed to change the name of their town from Lenox to Olmsted. They did and the books traveled by oxcart and were housed in individual residents’ homes while being circulated. The “Oxcart Library” is thought to be the first circulating public library in the Western Reserve.
This branch is a Student Success Center and a Greater Cleveland Food Bank Kids Café location.