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WORCESTER WOMEN's HISTORY PROJECT Ann Marie Shea, WWHP W ORCESTER W OMEN’S H ISTORY P ROJECT We remember our past . to better shape our future. VOLUME 16, NO. 2 FALL 2016 WWHP PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS NOTICE WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY OF AUGUST 26, 2016, NOON 21st Annual Meeting CITY HALL PLAZA, WORCESTER Thursday, October 27, 2016 5:30 p.m. Good afternoon. Worcester Historical Museum As president of Worcester Women’s History Project, I am honored to followed by welcome all of you to this celebration of the 96th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, recognizing the right of “The History and Culture of American women to vote. Northeast Native American Women” For those of you who are not familiar with the Worcester Women’s History by Project website, I’d like to take this opportunity to acquaint you with the or- Christine M. DeLucia, ganization. Worcester Women's History Project seeks to: Assistant Professor of History, raise awareness of the rich history of women in the Worcester area Mount Holyoke College create national recognition of Worcester's role in the history of the women's rights movement Light Refreshments advance the ideals put forth in the 1850 convention that there should be "equality before the law, without distinction of sex or color," or ethnicity. ALL WELCOME Although the 1848 Seneca Falls conference is often mentioned in regard to 19th century feminism, the first NATIONAL Woman’s Rights Convention took INSIDE THIS ISSUE place right here in Worcester in 1850. Slavery was, of course, at that time legal in many states of the Union, and Snippets 2 the cause of abolitionism was in 1850 in Worcester inseparable from women’s 21st Annual Meeting 3 rights. Although this organization—and this celebration—is free of partisan poli- Frances Perkins 4 tics, may I take the liberty to quote from a current candidate for a very high 5 office. In her acceptance speech for her party’s nomination, this female politi- “Rights and Rewards…” cian said, “When a barrier falls in America, it clears the way for everyone.” 6 So we are here today, not only to celebrate the freedom of women to vote, WOMEN IN PRINT 2016 7 but also to recognize what freedoms have been won by everyone, men and Celebrating at Liberty Farm 8 women. Just as slavery tied both master and slave by the same chains, the deni- Membership 9 al of full citizenship to women diminished men of the time as well. Full suf- Women’s Equality Day 10 frage freed men to benefit from the talents, intelligence and power of all fellow Princess Winona 11 citizens, many of whom just happened to be female. In that spirit I encourage everyone here—women and men—to take up “Yours for Humanity—Abby” 11 membership in Worcester Women’s History Project, remembering our past, to better shape our future. Renewal/join form 12 Ann Marie Shea, WWHP President Page 2 Snippets 30 Elm Street • Worcester, MA 01609 Saturday, June 25, was a beautiful day for a Telephone: 508-767-1852 ride out to Concord for lunch at the Colonial Website: wwhp.org • Email: [email protected] Inn. Sixteen of us enjoyed getting to know each other. 2015—2016 Ann Marie Shea Barbara Ingrassia Concord’s Colonial Inn Barbara Kohin Barbara Mercier Heather-Lyn Haley LET US KNOW The Gleasons Holly Nylander Where should we take a bus trip in 2017 in Kathleen Comer the spring? Shall we do an overnighter to Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Louise Gleason Site in Hyde Park, NY? We would tour the Stone Cottage at Val-Kill, the home Margaret Watson of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and its surrounding property of 181 acres, and Mary E. Oroszko more. Email [email protected] or call 508.767.1852 by November 1. Micki Davis Nancy A. Johnson Pamela Bobay PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED Patricia L. Jones WWHP needs a volunteer photographer for events. Email [email protected] or call 508.767.1852. Ann Marie Shea, President Heather-Lyn Haley, Vice President WWHP PARTICIPATED Barbara Ingrassia, Clerk ...March 6, International Women’s Day at the YWCA. Patricia L. Jones, Treasurer ...March 17, Worcester Women’s Symposium at Clark University. ...September, stART on the STREET Executive Assistant: Nancy Avila [email protected] Newsletter Committee: Barbara Mercier, NEW WWHP BANNER Kara Wilson Yuen, Margaret Watson, ...unveiled at August meeting of Steering Committee. Nancy Avila ————————————————— NEW TREASURER Patricia L. Jones was elected as a member of the Steer- WWHP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and ing Committee and as Treasurer by the Steering Committee to fill a vacancy. educational organization incorporated in 1995 with a vision “to celebrate and document women’s contributions to the history, social fabric, and culture of Worcester and beyond.” HISTORY QUIZ Its mission is to: Question #1: Who was arrested in 1872 for voting illegally in Rochester, New York for violating the Fourteenth Amendment? raise awareness of the rich history of Question #2: This very gentle lady was the daughter of an English women in the Worcester area noble who fought and died fighting in the Greek Revolution of 1821 create national recognition of Worces- against the Turks. She is regarded as the world's first computer pro- grammer. Who is she? ter’s role in the history of the women’s rights movement advance the ideals put forth in the 1850 THANK YOU to those who helped with this newsletter: convention that there should be Ann Marie Shea, Barbara Mercier, Charlene Martin, “equality before the law, without Heather-Lyn Haley, Kara Wilson Yuen, Louise Gleason, distinction of sex or color,” or ethnicity. Lynne McKenney Lydick, Margaret Watson, Mary Plummer, www.wwhp.org Maureen Ryan Doyle, Nancy Avila, Pam Bobay VOLUME 16, NO. 2 Page 3 Prof. DeLucia teaches courses on The American Peoples to 1865; Native American History; Violence in Early North Ameri- ca; Homelands and New Worlds; Cartography and Exploration in North America; and The Atlantic World. Education: Ph.D. in American Studies (2012), M.Phil. in American Studies (2010), M.A. in History (2009), Yale University; M.Litt. in En- vironmental History (2007), University of St. Andrews, Scotland; A.B. in History and Literature (2006), Harvard College. DeLucia has published articles in The Journal of American History; Studies in American Indian Literatures; Re-thinking History: The Journal of Theory and Prac- tice; and Common-place. Her first book, The Memory Frontier: Memorializing King Philip's War in the Native Northeast is under contract with Yale University Press. Prof. DeLucia’s research has received support from the John Carter Brown Library, American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts Historical Society and others. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Page 4 initiated the Civilian Conservation Corps. This documen- tary is intended to “provide historical context for the de- bate over the myriad of labor and social welfare issues that are pervasive in our contemporary conversation,” accord- ing to Caouette’s website. The film will combine Perkins’ own voice with that of her biographers and those who knew her or knew of her, including Senator Nancy Pelosi, Journalist David Brooks, Lawrence O’ Donnell of MSNBC and Senator George Mitchell of Maine. According to the Mt. Holyoke website, Mr. Caouette also stated that “the film also is intended to shed light on Cj Posk, Mick Caouette, Ann Marie Shea pertinent contemporary issues such as the Affordable Care Act, workplace fire safety rules, unemployment insurance, and Federal Employee Compensation legislation, all of which stem from policies that Perkins fought for.” By Fran Langille More information about “Frances Perkins: Fire and Ice” is available at: http://www.southhillfilms.com/frances-perkins-fire-and-ice/ Last spring, WWHP President Ann Marie Shea and members Mary Oroszko, CJ Posk, and Fran Langille trav- This event was part of the fundraising campaign to raise funds to eled to Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA to view complete the film, finish editing, and to conduct several more inter- views, including activist, Gloria Steinem. recently discovered rare footage of Frances Perkins and hear film maker Mick Caouette discuss plans for an APT/ If you are interested in funding the film, you will find more infor- mation at: http://www.southhillfilms.com.customers.tigertech. /support/ PBS documentary in process with the working title “Frances Perkins: Fire and Ice.” Caouette has created other notable documentaries, including films on Mt. Holyoke President Lynn Pasquerella introduced Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Thurgood Marshall, the first Mr. Caouette and his exciting project, which has gained African American Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. support from Mt. Holyoke in recognition of the college’s outstanding alumna who graduated in 1902 and went on to become the first woman Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Of course, the “Worcester Women’s Heritage Trail” is a 46-page booklet documentary is of interest to WWHP as well since Frances which identifies sites, individuals, organiza- Perkins grew up in Worcester and graduated from Classi- tions and events vital to understanding the cal High School before attending Mt. Holyoke. This was a major role that Worcester and Central Mas- sachusetts played in the historic struggle for wonderful opportunity to hear of Mr. Caouette’s progress women's rights and racial equality. Cost: $10 and to meet Tomlin Coggeshall, Ms. Perkins’ grandson (for those who had not met him when he participated in Voices of Worcester Women: 160 Years after the First National Woman’s Rights Convention– by Maureen the WWHP event honoring her in May, 2015). Mr. Ryan Doyle and Charlene L. Martin, gives compelling Christopher Breiseth was also introduced and spoke of his excerpts from the over 250 oral histories collected first-hand experiences with Ms.
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