Today’s “Women in Wakefield” profile is on Hannah Hemingway Wakefield; her biography shows a bit about how women were educated and gives a peek into one of the town’s first institutions of higher learning, the South Reading Academy. Hannah was Cyrus Wakefield’s sister, eight years younger, she was born on the family farm in Roxbury,…
Our “Women in Wakefield” spotlight today features an extraordinary woman, who had a great impact on the look of the town. Grace M. (Thornton) Hume was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1878. Since Mrs. Hume preferred her full title (“Mrs. Archibald Hume”), it actually took some time to discover her maiden name … and, for…
Today’s “Women in Wakefield” spotlight is on Catherine Titus Landers. Catherine was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on August 14, 1920. She was the eldest of seven children of Kirk H. and Harriet E. (Chesley) Titus, Jr. She graduated from Wakefield High in 1936. Using a gift of money that her Grandmother Titus pulled from a…
Today’s Women in Wakefield spotlight is on singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. The internationally known singer and Native American activist actually grew up in Wakefield (across the street from the West Ward School!) She would go on to international acclaim and win an Academy Award for her song “Up Where We Belong.” According to her interview in the excellent…
One of the most powerful and passionate crusaders one could ever have the good fortune to meet, Esther Nowell was born in Melrose, MA on September 6, 1917. She was the daughter of Percival and Mary C. (Spaulding) Pratt and a graduate of Wakefield High School and UMass Amherst. In her professional career, she served as…
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