Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

This tour was created in partnership by the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with the support of the City of Boston, the Boston Women’s Commission, and the MFA Ladies Committee Associates. Research and text by Susan Wilson, Ellen E. Roberts, and Erica E. Hirshler. Introduction Stop 1: Park Square: The Early Years Stop 2: Lily Glass Works: Women in Multiple Media Stop 3: The Public Garden: Challenge & Change Stop 4: The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union: Art, Society & Charity Stop 5: Sarah Sears and Belle Gardner: Women Art Collectors & Patrons Stop 6: Art Galleries and Schools: Marketable Skills Stop 7: Copley Square: The Art World’s Hub of the Hub Stop 8: The Art Club Scene: Art & Acceptance Stop 9: The Society of Arts and Crafts: Creating & Collecting Crafts Stop 10: Massachusetts Normal School: Wealth & the Woman Artist Stop 11: Commonwealth Avenue Mall: Progress & Process

Photography Cover: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1: Collection of Susan Wilson. 2: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 3: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Nancy Hale Bowers. 4: Historical Society of Old Newbury. Gift of Mrs. Morton P. Prince. 5: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mrs. J.D. Cameron Bradley. 6: Collection of Susan Wilson. 7: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 8: Guild of Boston Artists. 9: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mrs. Horatio A. Lamb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Sargent. 10: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 11: Collection of Susan Wilson