March 2020
Foremothers of Women’s Suffrage Movement: Women of Brook Farm & Contemporaries
Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage Movement: The Women of Brook Farm and Contemporaries In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 granting women the right to vote, New Brook Farm and the Boston Women's Heritage Trail present a program of readings by the early leaders of the women's movement in New England. Come meet Margaret Fuller, Sophia Ripley, Lucy Stone, Louisa May Alcott, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and other remarkable and courageous women…
Find out more »Final Farewell: Five Women Pay Tribute to Abigail Adams
As part of Boston History Camp on Saturday, March 14, Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) board members will dress in period costumes and portray five influential women in the life of Abigail Adams: her mother, Elizabeth Smith; her older sister, Mary Cranch; her daughter, Nabby Adams Smith; her daughter-in-law, Louisa Johnson Adams; and her friend, Mercy Otis Warren. Based on correspondence between the women and Abigail, the presentation brings to life the woman who exhorted her husband to “Remember the…
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