{"id":211842,"date":"2017-01-18T15:06:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=211842"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:26:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:26:59","slug":"students-civil-rights-leader-to-be-honored-at-susan-b-anthony-legacy-brunch-211842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/students-civil-rights-leader-to-be-honored-at-susan-b-anthony-legacy-brunch-211842\/","title":{"rendered":"Students, civil rights leader to be honored at Susan B. Anthony Legacy brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight female undergraduates and one longstanding local civil rights leader will be honored at the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards brunch on Saturday, February 4. The event, a 60-year tradition celebrating Anthony\u2019s birthday and the achievements of women at the University, takes place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue. This year\u2019s brunch also commemorates the 100th anniversary of women\u2019s suffrage in New York State.<\/p>\n

The 2017 award winners will be honored for their academic and extracurricular achievements at the University and in the local community. \u00a0They are: Laura Cowie-Haskell \u201918 (Jane R. Pitt Award); Giovanna Braganza \u201917 and Miriam Kohn \u201917 (Fannie Bigelow Prize); Meghan Patrick \u201918 and Yareni Sime \u201918 (Susan B. Anthony Scholarship); Jamie Rudd \u201917 (Sue S. Stewart Award); Seyvion Scott \u201919 (Dean Ruth A. Merrill Award); and Jing Wang \u201916 (T5) (Susan B. Anthony Prize).<\/p>\n

This year, the University will also present the Frederick Douglass Medal at the legacy brunch. The medal is sponsored by the Office of the President and will be awarded to Connie Mitchell, who in 1961 became the first woman and first African American elected to the Monroe County Board of Supervisors. At the time, the community leader held the highest public office of any African-American woman in the country. The medal honors individuals who, through outstanding achievement, represent the ideals for which Douglass stood, and who have contributed to educational life at the University or in the community, state, or nation.<\/p>\n