Nineteenth-century women held key reform meetings at this site, including Mary Rice Livermore (1820-1905) on suffrage and Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) on religious reform.
Horticultural Hall hosted the founding of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA) in 1870, a key organization in the fight for women's voting rights.
The Charlestown Female Seminary, established in 1831, educated notable women. Martha Whiting (1795-1853), it's first headmistress, was a pioneer in female education and missionary work.
