“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…
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…
by Nancy Bertrand Not all of our ”Women in Wakefield” profiles end happily. Unfortunately, at least one of them ended very sadly indeed. This is the story of Lydia Dustin. Lydia and her husband Josiah were among the first settlers here in the then brand-new town then named Reading. (But of course, the majority of those first settlements…
Wakefield’s Women: During the month of March, “Women’s History Month,” the Wakefield Historical Society will be publishing the biographies of some of Wakefield’s Women from the earliest settlers. At the end of the month, all of the biographies will be published at the Society’s website. The sixth of nine children, Harriet Flint was born and brought…
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