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April 2020
Reconstructing Memories, Rebuilding the Community of Our Ancestors Shtetl in Poland
A Special Two-Part Tuesdays in the Parlor Lecture Series at the Loring Greenough House Please join us for two lectures examining place, family, and history presented by Jamaica Plain residents. Reconstructing Memories, Rebuilding the Community of Our Ancestors Shtetl in Poland by Anita Greenbaum-Brush NEW DATE! Tuesday April 14th at 7:30pm Gąbin, a small town on the central plains of Poland, once had a thriving Jewish community. It was destroyed during WWII, when fewer than 10 percent of the Jewish population…
Find out more »Road to the Vote: The Boston Women’s Suffrage Trail
Road to the Vote: The Boston Women's Suffrage Trail In celebration of the centennial passage of the 19th amendment, learn about the local leaders and significant events in the crusade to gain the right to vote. Katherine Dibble and Mary Howland Smoyer are longtime board members of the Boston Women's Heritage Trail which was founded in 1989 to recover, document and celebrate Boston women's history. Katherine is retired from a long career at the Boston Public Library; Mary is a retired BPS…
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