Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Voting Rights for Women (Worcester & Merrimack Valley)
Joint Meeting of the Merrimack Valley and Worcester Chapters
Judge Dennis Curran presents:
Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Voting Rights for Women
In 1873, Susan B. Anthony was indicted by a grand jury for "knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully voting ... the said Susan B. Anthony being then and there a person of the female sex." Her trial, in which Anthony was convicted of breaking the law by casting a vote in a Presidential election, became one of the most famous trials of the nineteenth century.
Far from defeating the fledgling movement for women's suffrage, the trial brought more publicity to the issue, largely due to Anthony's clever stratagem of publishing the trial proceedings, and then shrewdly using it for a public relations campaign to rally women to the cause.
About Judge Curran:
The Honorable Dennis J. Curran, retired Massachusetts Superior Court Justice, has taught law at Tufts University, Roger Williams University of School of Law, and Brown University.
Location - Hybrid:
10:00 am EDT Library opens
10:30 am EDT Socializing and business meetings
11:00 am EDT Presentation
12:15 am EDT A light lunch will be provided
Zoom: Pre-registration is required to attend via Zoom at
In-Person: Pre-registration is not required if attending in person, but is recommended so we can plan for lunch. Please email worcester@msoginc.org or merrimackvalley@msoginc.org.
Gleason Public Library
Hollis Room - 3rd floor - accessible via elevator
22 Bedford Rd (Rt 225)
Carlisle, MA
Parking:
There is a limited amount of parking at the library. The Library asks individuals attending programs to consider parking at adjacent lots. These are within a very short walking distance of the library.
Church St.:
At town center, on 225 (Bedford Rd coming west or Concord Rd coming east), near the rotary, turn onto School St going up the hill. Take the first left onto Church St. You will see the School parking lot to the right. Across from this parking entrance is a path through the trees to the Library. You can park across the street from this path on Church St.
Lowell St.:
At town center, at the rotary on 225, turn onto Lowell St. Pass the store Ferns (big yellow building on the corner). There is parking to the right in a small town lot.
