Barbara Clark Elam As one of the founding Board members of BWHT, Barbara Clark Elam helped to conceptualize the initial trail and institutionalize the contributions of Boston’s women in the Boston Public Schools. She vividly recalls the excitement as BWHT board members had the opportunity to acknowledge and include largely unsung Boston women from a variety of ethnicities and persuasions on the Trail. As co-director of the Boston Public Schools Library Program and a life-long resident of Boston, Ms. Elam was particularly interested in the inclusion of African-American women and community women and in curriculum materials for teachers and libraries. She recalls researching and writing biographies of Melnea Cass, Muriel Snowden and Myrna Vasquez for BWHT's Twenty Notable Women curriculum guide. Her involvement has been exciting and rewarding!! Ms. Elam retired from the Boston Public Schools in 1990.

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