| D1: |
Anne
Hutchinson
The 17th-century religious reformer and midwife who was banished
from Boston. |
| D2: |
Mary
Dyer
The 17th-century Quaker who was hanged on Boston Common. |
| D3: |
Nurses
Hall and Gallery
A statue to honor Civil War nurses in the Massachusetts State House. |
| D4: |
Dorothea
Dix, House Chamber and Committee Rooms
Women social reformers who testified at the State House. |
| D5: |
Boston
Athenaeum
Amy Lowell's 19th-century efforts to save the building and women artists. |
D6:
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Woman's
Journal and 9 to 5 Office Wokers' Union
The leading newspaper of the women's suffrage movement and a renowned labor
organization. |
| D7: |
Dress
Reform Parlors
Women dressmakers, and those who helped make women's fashions less restricting. |
| D8: |
Abiah
Franklin and "Mother Goose"
Grave sites in Granary Burying Ground of Benjamin Franklin' mother and the popular children's author of nursery rhymes. |
| D9: |
Edmonia
Lewis Studio
Studio of the 19th-century African and Native American sculptor. |
| D10: |
Mary
Baker Eddy and Tremont Temple
Site of talks delivered by the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. |
| D11: |
Boston
School Committee Women
Hisotry of women's inclusion on the Boston School Committee, including Abby
May and Julia Harrington Duff. |
| D12: |
Women
Judges
The story of Jennie Loitman Barron. |
| D13: |
Sarah
Parker Remond and the Howard Athenaeum
The site of this internationally renowned anti-slavery lectuer's first act of
public resistance. |
| D14: |
Abigail
Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Brattle Square
The site of Abigail Adams’s home and the story of her friendship with Mercy. |
| D15: |
Holocaust
Memorial
Women's contributions to this lasting reminder. |
| D16: |
Protest
Meetings and Faneuil Hall
Some reinterpretation of this historic site to include the women who spoke there. |
| D17: |
Elizabeth
Murray, Corn Hill and Queen Street
The site of the shop owned by this little-known 18th-century shopkeeper. |
| D18: |
Old
Corner Bookstore
The home of Anne Hutchinson and later of Ticknor and Fields Publishers. |
| D19: |
Irish
Famine Memorial and Annie Sullivan
Statue to honor Irish American immigrants, including the famous teacher of Helen Keller. |
| D20: |
Old
South Meeting House and Phillis Wheatley
The only site still standing associated with one of its members, America's first published African American poet. |
| D21: |
Birthplace
of Jane Franklin Mecom
The home of the sister and correspondent of Benjamin Franklin. |
| D22: |
Susanna
Rowson and Federal Street Theatre
The story of this 18th-century playwright, actress, novelist, and teacher. |
| D23: |
Federal
Street Church
The church attended by such leading anti-slavery activists as Maria Weston Chapman and Lydia Maria Child. |
| D24: |
Franklin
Place and Judith Sargent Murray
Home of the 18th-century advocate for women's equality, female education, and
economic independence who was an essayist, poet, playwright, and letter writer. |
Click
here to take the Lower Roxbury Walk |
