ROCHESTER N.Y. — Women overcame many obstacles in winning the right to vote, and with Election Day approaching, Rochester area residents are celebrating the 100th year of women's suffrage through a performance that shares the past through the eyes of three powerful historical figures who paved a way for women to vote, exercise equality and share a voice.

Evi Backer-Flanagan, a St. John’s Home resident, says that seeing the bigger picture through historical reenactments from Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony shows just how small the job is to vote.

“That’s not a big responsibility, but it’s a responsibility that we all as women have to adhere to,” said Backer-Flanagan.

The celebration taking place at St. Johns Home in Rochester Monday afternoon was created special.

“It’s so important to us to celebrate the folks who live here, the time that they lived in, the events of history that they saw,” says Leslie Buzzell, a therapeutic recreation specialist at St. John’s. “Getting the right to vote is a huge event, coming of age and going to vote for your first time is a huge event, it’s a huge step in your life as a citizen of this country.”

The event celebrated the men and women born shortly after November 6, 1917 — the day women won the right to vote in New York State.

The one hour show and trio performance was the highlight of a weeklong exhibit that chronicles America’s historic equality milestone.