Susan Wilson
swilson547@aol.com
Susan Wilson is a professional photographer, writer, and educator, who first encountered the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail when writing history features for the Boston Globe. A BWHT board member since the mid-1990s, Susan has shared her skills as photographer, editor, art critic, trailblazer, website consultant, and occasional spokesperson for the trail; in 2001, she helped develop the walking tour to accompany “A Studio of Her Own” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. After earning a B.A. and M.A. in history from Tufts, and teaching history at both the secondary school and college levels, Susan moved into journalism, photojournalism, studio photography (www.susanwilsonphoto.com), feminist activism, historic consulting to area trails and sites, and authoring accessible, multicultural books on Boston history, which include Boston Sites and Insights, Garden of Memories, Literary Trail of Greater Boston, and The Omni Parker House. She is a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Athenaeum, on the board of Boston by Foot, and a longtime consultant and instructor for the New England School of Photography.