Anthony Birthplace Museum Hosts Tea Party, Poetry Reading

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum will hold an afternoon tea featuring poetry readings by Nancy Manning and Karen Ciosek. 
 
The event will take place outside on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 3 p.m. with tea, sandwiches, baked goods by Shire Cottage Bakery, and cake. Table settings are being donated by Mary Whitman, flowers by Full Well Farm, and napkins provided by Annie Selkie Outlet. 
 
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. Members of the museum attend for free. In the event of rain the poetry reading will continue indoors, and the tea will be postponed. 
 
How does this relate to suffragist Susan B. Anthony?
 
One could say that women's suffrage started with a tea party. On July 9, 1848, Jane Hunt invited Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Mary Ann McClintock and Mary Wright to her house for tea. During their conversation, they struck upon an idea: a convention for women's rights. Just 10 days later, they held the Seneca Falls (N.Y.) Convention, drafting an organizing document, the Declaration of Sentiments. 
 
 Anthony was not at the Seneca Falls Convention, but met Stanton later through a mutual friend, Amelia Bloomer. She and Stanton's friendship, immortalized in their plaster cast handshake currently on display in the museum, was the lifeline of the early women's suffrage movement. 
 
Tea continued to play a role, with women's groups in California packaging and selling tea to raise funds. Ava Belmont held tea parties for up to 100 in her back yard, featuring "Votes for Women" tableware. Later, the National American Women's Suffrage Association sold "Votes for Women" teacups as another fundraiser. 
 

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Cardinals Add Koperniak to 40-Man Roster

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The St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday picked up the contract of Hoosac Valley alumnus Matt Koperniak and added him to the Major League Baseball team's 40-man roster, according to numerous media outlets.
 
The move came on the eve of MLB's deadline to either sign eligible minor leaguers or leave them eligible to be selected by other organizations in the upcoming "Rule 5 Draft."
 
The Belleville News-Democrat of Belleville, Ill., called Koperniak "arguably Memphis' MVP last season" after he hit 20 home runs with a .309 batting average and .512 slugging percentage for the Triple-A Redbirds.
 
"This fall, Koperniak has been playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic for Leones del Escogito, the team managed by Albert Pujols," Jeff Jones wrote in an article published Tuesday afternoon on the News-Democrat's website. "That exposure and valuable opinion no doubt played some role in the team determining that Koperniak could contribute as a depth offensive player in the majors."
 
Josh Jacobs, on the website "Redbirdrants.com" earlier on Tuesday listed Koperniak as one of, "Three Propsects the Cardinals Need to Protect Before Tonight's Rule 5 Deadline."
 
"The Cardinals have just six outfielders on their 40-man roster right now, and that's including Brendan Donovan, who may find himself playing infield a lot more in 2025," Jacobs wrote. "Adding Koperniak to the roster makes a lot of sense, and while he wouldn't have a clear path to playing time in St. Louis, he'd likely have a shot at some point."
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