In the spirit of the 19th century Saturday Club — which met at the historic Parker House beginning in 1855 — School Street Sessions is back with an exciting new program. ...
For over 150 years, 133 Black women lay buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, hidden in plain view, their names absent and their stories untold until now. The women were former residents of the...
Join us every second Saturday of the month at 1pm to learn more about area and industrial history, engineering, archeology, water access and more from experts in a variety of fields. On...
The Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT), in partnership with the Women’s Foundation of Massachusetts (WFM), hosts a public celebration on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM at the...
Join the Boston Women's Heritage Trail for a live reading of Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" at the Boston Women's Memorial on July 1, 2025 from...
Join us for an inspiring evening with the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, for a book talk and signing celebrating Alexandria Russell’s new book: Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen...
This presentation by Ferna Phillips, a Board Member of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail was provided to celebrate Women’s History Month 2025. In 1989, a group of Boston Public School teachers and...
Time & Location Nov 17, 2024, 2:00 PM on Zoom About the event From the Colonial era to the present, women have played a key role in Dorchester’s history, as authors and...
Join us for a family-friendly morning of storytelling, songs, and hands-on activities that celebrate the incredible women who shaped Boston’s history. Let’s make Boston’s rich heritage come alive—one sticker at a time!
Our two-day celebration will feature a panel discussion with both scholars and community leaders, a keynote address by Professor Mark Burford (Reed College), an exhibit of archival materials, a walking tour, and...
