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Women of Boston Women’s Memorial Follow CDC Advisory!

  Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone and Phillis Wheatley are heeding the advice of Mayor Walsh and the CDC by wearing face masks in public. They are also, as always, maintaining safe social distance.

You can go and visit them though! Go to 256 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, and look for them on the Commonwealth Mall.  (Remember to maintain social distance with them, too. The virus can live on surfaces for 3 days.)

By the way, did you know that Abigail Adams was a pioneer in the use of vaccines during the small pox epidemic of the 18th century?

The Boston Women’s Memorial is one of the spots on our new trail:  Road to the Vote: Boston Women’s Suffrage Trail. Start at this stop and go on with the guide and map on this website here.

[Masks designed and created by BWHT board member Maria D’Itra; Photos by board president Michelle Jenney]

Recognizing the Women Behind the Work

In a call for Boston city officials to achieve greater recognition of women in commemorative monuments and memorials, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail suggested the city of Boston undertake an audit of existing commemorations as in public art, names of schools, playgrounds, streets, and the like. In searching for information to support this audit, we discovered a valuable resource — Deborah Lee’s blog documenting women in Boston’s Public Art.

Have you ever heard the names of Anne Whitney, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, Meredith Bergmann, Lilli Ann Killen Rosenberg or Emma Stebbins? Probably not. However, the chances are high that you have seen and walked by at least one of their creations. Each of these women is responsible for some of Boston’s Public Art. BWHT would like to suggest that you visit the blog written by Deborah Lee. After reading Lee’s engaging blog about the women and their art, you will look at Boston’s public art in a new way.
Do you know which of the artists mentioned above is responsible for this Thaddeus Kosciuszko sculpture in the Boston Public Garden?

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BWHT celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Boston Women’s Memorial with this tribute.

Video courtesy of www.melodicvision.com.

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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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