Tea & Talk | The Conference of Great Women: An Elegant Revolution | July 29 at 4 pm
Cost:
$22.00 – $45.00 per personDuration:
2hAbout this experience
James Capuzzi, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, tells the story of how tea shaped the womens suffrage movement. A tea will be served after his presentation.
“I don’t believe in individual work in any case. All the work for a cause must be collective..." Alva Belmont's comments in the August 13th, 1909 New York Times article Suffrage Armory at Mrs. Belmont’s highlight the nature of the Women's suffrage movement as collaborative and in community. Building on what Susan B. Anthony and the first wave of suffrage leaders had started, Alva used her influence and resources to attract wealthy supporters and connect the women's suffrage cause with the New York elite living in Newport, Rhode Island. Her Conference of Great Women and famous "Votes for Women" tea set combined the elegance of high society with the revolutionary idea of women's equality under the law. Join Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum director James Capuzzi as he tells the story of how tea shaped the suffrage movement.
James Capuzzi has an M.A. degree in Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management from the American University of Rome and a B.A. degree in Classical Studies & Italian Language from Tulane University in New Orleans. James served as Community Relations Fellow and then Director of Communications and Marketing at the Abigail Adams Institute in Harvard Square before moving to the Berkshires to direct the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in the summer of 2023. The museum has reengaged the local community with programming, exhibits, and outreach events.
