The women's suffrage movement pretty-much started in Seneca Falls, a small group formed and declared the
Seneca Falls Statement (1848), about equal rights for women, including the right to vote. Less than a month later, they reconvened a bit to the north and issued another statement, reiterating their commitment to 'stay the course,' and putting it out there that they weren't going away. That was the
Rochester Statement. One of the women who took up women's suffrage was repeatedly arrested for trying to vote over the years they lobbied to be afforded the right to vote, eventually resulting in the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution (1919). Her mother and her sister attended the
Seneca Falls Convention, though she did not. Ever spend a dollar coin? It probably bore the likeness of Susan B Anthony. Her fellow suffragists were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. There were others, of course. Susan B Anthony died before the passage of the 19th Amendment.
The Finger Lakes are beautiful to ride-in and have lots of hills and curves. Be slow in the villages! The PD's are known to set-up speed traps at the bottoms of long descending hills, to catch careless motorists who neglect their speed as they descend.
One of my friends operates the Himrod Eagle Restaurant in Dundee, I suggest trying it out if you're in the area. I've eaten there and it's good. The building is older, but is well-kept, and the interior is one of those places where upon entering, you look-around and think, "a comfortable place to spend time." Ask for Norm, and ask him to tell you stories of motorcycle racing as he's got more of them than you've got time to hear them! He's a former champion speedway racer, among other types of two-wheeled competition, and he has an incredible collection of vintage bikes. He raced BSA's as a young guy, as did his brothers, and he
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appeared in national ads in the bike magazines in the 1960's for BSA with one of his brothers, as examples of "win racing a BSA!"
https://www.yelp.com/biz/himrod-eagle-dundee
Here's a shot of Norm with a BSA Gold Star, he restored and exhibits. You can see he's advertising the restaurant on the number plate. Photo taken at World Golf Village, 'Riding Into History' motorcycle show, St.
Augustine FL, 2018.
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