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…
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,…
Wakefield’s iconic Rockery began life as a European-style “sylvan grotto,” which was as controversial as most public improvements here….
One of the most misunderstood of Wakefield’s monuments, many call this statue ‘the minuteman,’ although the truth is very different…
Wakefield Historical Society 