The West End is bordered by Massachusetts General Hospital, Charles River Park residences, Government Center, and the North Station area. Historically, the West End extended across Cambridge Street and partway up the North Slope of Beacon Hill, long an African American community. The West End of … [Read more...] about West End
Road to the Vote: The Boston Women’s Suffrage Trail
“We the people of the United States.” Which ‘We the people’? The women were not included.” —Lucy Stone, 1853 As Boston suffragist Lucy Stone so aptly pointed out, women—and all others besides white males—were left out of the US Constitution with no right to vote or participate in government. Stone … [Read more...] about Road to the Vote: The Boston Women’s Suffrage Trail