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…
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 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…
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