March 2019
Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life through Material Culture
Historian and author Michelle Marchetti Coughlin presents her lecture, "Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life through Material Culture." Penelope Pelham Winslow, a member of the English gentry who was married to Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow, was one of the most powerful women in Plymouth Colony, but she, like most of her female contemporaries, has largely been forgotten. Though she left few surviving documents, she did leave behind a trove of physical evidence--from surviving homes and possessions…
Find out more »The Boston Suffragists: In Their Own Words
Women – and men – from Boston were very active in the movement to gain the vote for women. Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Clara Barton and others gave speeches, wrote articles, and marched in parades during the almost seventy year struggle. Come and listen to present day Bostonians as they read from these writings and speeches that reveal women’s determination to be able to vote in order to participate fully in the political life of the country. Judith Kalaora,…
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