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Rockland Voices, featuring 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in New York State
The HSRC's semi-permanent exhibition is open for a new season with a focus on the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage In New York State.
The Historical Society of Rockland County's semi-permanent exhibition illustrating Rockland County's rich history has reopened for a new season!
Through highlights from our permanent collection, visitors will learn about several elements that make up Rockland’s history. The core exhibition explores:
- The Lenape
- The Dutch
- Treason of the Revolution
- Slavery
- The Nyack Turnpike
New for 2017: From Seneca Falls to New York City's Lower East Side, from Buffalo to Brooklyn, people in New York State led the women's suffrage movement from 1848 until suffrage was legalized in New York State in 1917. In that time, the struggle enlisted thousands of women (and men) over several generations, including Rockland County's own Caroline Lexow Babcock, Mrs. Robert E. Leber, Mrs. Willam A. Serven, Ethel Mann and Fannie Hard. Learn about these important suffragists and more through objects, photographs, and letters in this mini-exhibit mounted as part of the statewide Centennial commemoration of the women's vote in New York.
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"Rockland Voices" has been made possible by a grant from the Sterling Bank Charitable Foundation. Our thanks also to Katherine Fulmor, granddaughter of Caroline Lexow Babcock, for objects on loan to the exhibition on women's suffrage.
The exhibition, which runs through November 5, is open to the public, free of charge, on Wednesdays-Fridays and Sundays, 1-4 pm, and by appointment. (Closed Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.) Guided tours of the circa 1832 Jacob Blauvelt Farmhouse are also available on Sundays at 1, 2 and 3 pm. Admission to the historic house is $5 per person. All proceeds benefit the education and preservation mission of the HSRC.
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For information or to schedule a group visit, contact Christine Kowalski, Museum Services Assistant, (845) 634-9629 or memberservices@rocklandhistory.org.
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The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House located at 20 Zukor Road, New City, New York 10956.