'Susan B. Anthony' on Stoneham TV Thursday at 7 p.m.

Susan B. Anthony will appear in Stoneham on November 12 to celebrate the Centennial of the 19th Amendment. Portrayed by historical actress Sheryl Faye, “Anthony” can be seen on Stoneham TV’s cable channels on Thursday evening, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m.

This one-time presentation, sponsored by the Stoneham Historical Society & Museum, is the second of two programs marking the most significant expansion of voting rights in our nation’s history. It can be seen on channels 9 (Comcast), 34 (Verizon) and 3 (RCN).

Acclaimed for her portrayal of nine women heroines in American history, Sheryl Faye has twice appeared in one-woman shows in Stoneham, presenting as Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Keller.

“From the moment I could walk, I knew I wanted to be an Actress,” Faye said. “I turned my back porch into a theater and the bathroom into the box office. The audience consisted of my dolls and my mother. “

Faye started acting lessons at the Harwich, Jr. Theater on Cape Cod when she was seven. At age nine she starred as Cinderella. Graduating from Emerson College with a fine arts degree, she since has performed in dozens of schools, theaters, libraries and community centers. She also writes and performs with StageCoach Improv.

Born in Adams in 1820 to Quaker parents, Susan B. Anthony moved with her family to New York State, where she later met Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Like Lucy Stone and others, she became an ardent abolitionist. At the same time she argued for women’s rights, including voting and property rights.

She proclaimed: “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”

In 1851, Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the two worked together for over 50 years building the suffrage movement. Sadly, Anthony died in 1906, fourteen years before passage of the 19th Amendment.

Sheryl Faye noted: “In 2020 we celebrate not only 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, we’re also celebrating Susan B. Anthony’s 200th birthday!”

The Nov. 12 performance on Stoneham TV is co-sponsored by J. Sallese & Sons, Inc., of Woburn.