As we enter the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, it seems fitting to dedicate one of our Women’s History Month tributes to the town’s women during that period. The war actually lasted for seven long years, from Concord and Lexington past the battle of Yorktown, but the early period was probably the most terrifying…
We don’t have a photograph of our March 9th Women’s History Month Wakefield’s Woman, but we have something better — a portion of her home, which she and her husband probably built. Mary (Kebbe) Hodgman, 1640-1735, was probably the earliest owner of the Hartshorne House. Edward Kebbe, emigrated from England by 1611 and had a…
Today’s Historic Wakefield Women salute looks at Miss Annie Warren, who served in Wakefield Public Schools for most of her life. A lineal descendant of Moses Warren, of Waltham, who fought at Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights, Annie was born in Maine and came to this town as a child. Her three brothers had fought…
Although the woman in today’s Women’s History Month Profile may never even have set foot in Wakefield, her work nevertheless is an integral part of the town’s landscape and identity. Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, January 29th, 1871. She was the youngest daughter of Cyrus W. and Anna H. Ruggles. Considered…
“Women in Wakefield” Revolutionary War edition! As we enter the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, it seems fitting to dedicate one of our Women’s History Month tributes to the town’s women during that period. The war actually lasted for seven long years, from Concord and Lexington past the battle of Yorktown, but the early…
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