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Boston Women’s Heritage Trail

Boston Women Making History

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Walk the Streets Where Boston’s Historical Women Walked
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail offers Self-Guided Tours to take you where women from a wide variety of settings, occupations, and backgrounds made history. These tours were developed by BWHT board members to fulfill our mission to restore women to their rightful place in the history of Boston and in student curriculum.

Self-Guided Tours

West End

West End House

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

Women Feeding Boston

Women Feeding Boston is a thematic trail that consists of three sub-trails. This trail can be toured in-person and online, so please feel free to hop on the T, rent a bike, or drive to explore all the sites you can. This tour takes you all over Boston, from Charlestown to Roxbury. You will see the … [Read more...] about Women Feeding Boston

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BWHT celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Boston Women’s Memorial with this tribute.

Video courtesy of www.melodicvision.com.

Boston Women's Heritage Trail book, 3rd edition

Seven self-guided walks through four centuries of Boston Women's History

Third Edition!

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Mission

Since 1989, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) has worked to restore women to their rightful place in the history of Boston and in the school curriculum by uncovering, chronicling, and disseminating information about the women who have made lasting contributions to the City of Boston.
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