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Tour: Notable Women of Boston’s Back Bay

Bashka PaeffLucy StoneMary Antin

Bashka Paeff                    Lucy Stone                Mary Antin

Who was an abolitionist & suffragist as well as the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree and to keep her maiden name after marriage?

Who was one of the first American nutritionists to link proper diet with good health?

Who was a “mistress of disguises” when she repeatedly re-entered Jordan Marsh to organize the clerks?

Learn answers to these questions and more!

Saturday, June 29, 2013
1:00 – 3:00 PM

Tour guides: Katherine Dibble of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail; Linda Stern & Helaine Davis of Jewish Women in Boston History

Meet in the Public Garden at the “Boy and Bird” fountain (enter through the Arlington Street gates; fountain is located on the right in the shadow of the George Washington equestrian statue)

We will visit a number of nearby sights, ending at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square

 Cost: $10 per person  –   RSVP by June 25 required.

jwbostonhistory@gmail.com  617-858-5924

Co-sponsored by Jewish Women in Boston History and the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail

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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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