Posts Tagged ‘women’s history’
Recap of 9/25/19 Claiming Our Seats: A Kitchen Table Dialogue on Women’s Voting Rights
Thank you to all who joined us as we discussed the upcoming 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, when women won the right to vote. At this roundtable, we asked – which women? Dr. Jennifer Guglielmo, Rev. Irene Monroe, and Dr. Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson engaged us in a reflective dialogue about women’s rights across the 20th and 21st…
Read MoreLois Lilley Howe by Elizabeth W. Reinhardt
Lois Lilley Howe, F.A.I.A. (1864-1964) by Elizabeth W. Reinhardt Read December 7, 1975 This article appeared in the Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings for the years 1973-1975 (Volume 43) Miss LOIS LILLEY HOWE, one of the first women to graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s architectural program, the organizer of the only all-woman architectural firm in…
Read MoreNicola Williams
Nicola Williams was born in Jamaica, and spent her childhood in both Jamaica and Brooklyn, NY. She moved to Boston the day after graduating college in Upstate New York, and has lived in Cambridge for over 30 years. In 1995, she founded The Williams Agency, a marketing and event planning firm.
Read MoreLynette Laveau-Saxe
Lynette Laveau-Saxe was born in Trinidad and moved to Boston to be with her husband, who was studying anthropology at Brandeis. She is a teacher, actress, mentor, and life success coach and currently produces the Callaloo Express Relationship Show on CCTV. She’s lived in Cambridge for 50 years.
Read MoreBoston Women’s Community Radio, 1972-1993
Amelia Zurcher, Summer 2019 Programs Intern While the 1971 takeover of an underutilized Harvard University building and the establishment of the Cambridge Women’s Center is well-known, fewer people know the history of how Cambridge-based women claimed space on the radio waves. Boston Women’s Community Radio (BWCR), based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aired…
Read MoreThe History of Garden Street
By Lois Lilley Howe Read April 25, 1949 This article originally appeared in the Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings, Volume 33, pages 37-57 WE CANNOT think of Old Garden Street without thinking of the Common which forms one side of it. Yet our thought of the Common is just of a big open space with trees and a…
Read MoreHarvard Square in the ‘Seventies and ‘Eighties
By Lois Lilley Howe Read January 25, 1944 This article originally appeared in the Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings, Volume 30, pages 11-27 Reminiscences, which should really have been called Harvard Square and its Environs in the ‘Seventies and ‘Eighties, have been in the back of my mind long enough for me to have verified details by…
Read MoreElba Santiago
Elba Santiago was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Cambridge when she was 17 and a half years old. Elba has worked at a number of jobs in Cambridge, including factory work, child care, and as a teacher’s aid in the Cambridge school system. Elba currently lives in a house she owns with her…
Read MoreMaria Baldwin, 1856-1922: “An Honor and a Glory”
By Daphne Abeel, 2006 Cantabrigian Maria Baldwin, a gifted and imposing African-American educator of the early 20th century, has never lacked recognition. During her lifetime and after her death, she was praised and then remembered. She was exceptional for her era and perhaps for all eras, attracting the attention of the entire community with her…
Read MoreMercy Scollay Papers, 1775-1824
Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Sources Related Collections Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Series Description and Folder Listing View transcriptions here 1 box .42 linear feet Processor: Joey Grant Date: July 2008 Acquisition: Letters donated April 1929 by Elizabeth Harris. Although the letters do not directly reflect the history of Cambridge they…
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