March 2019
Shaping the Social Contract: Insights from the Women of Brook Farm
The Women of Brook Farm are back and look forward to seeing you in Roslindale's newest performance space. Boston Women's Heritage Trail and New Brook Farm partner to present an updated edition of our engaging exploration of the extraordinary women who founded, joined, and visited Brook Farm. Come hear the words of Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Peabody, Sophia Ripley, Amelia Russell (the Mistress of the Revels) and others, drawn from their journals, letters, books and interviews. In partnership with the Boston Women's Heritage…
Find out more »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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