By Lis Adams Louisa May Alcott’s ties to Boston date back to her family’s move there from Germantown, Pennsylvania, when Louisa was two. Her Boston-born mother Abigail May, brought up by parents Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewell in their home in Federal Court, married Amos Bronson Alcott in King’s Chapel, Boston. Needlepoint-covered foot warmers […]
Victorian Mothers and their Progressive Daughters: Examining early 20th Century Reforms through one Beacon Hill Family
By Elise Couture-Stone Editor’s Note: This piece marks our final contribution in celebration of Women’s History Month. You can learn more about the Nichols Family by visiting the Nichols House Museum or by visiting their website at http://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/ Tucked away in one of Boston’s most famous neighborhoods, stands a small, unassuming brick house. Federalist in architecture, […]
Mercy Otis Warren: The First Lady of the American Revolution
By Andrea Antidormi, Old North Foundation Educator Editor’s Note: In celebration of Women’s History Month, Old North is highlighting influential women in both modern day and historic Massachusetts. This post is a short bio on Mercy Otis Warren, an influential writer and historian of the American Revolution. Mercy Otis Warren was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts […]
The English Roots of Academic Boston
By William Stilwell, Old North Foundation Educator Boston is a city well known for its institutions of higher education. Harvard is synonymous with academic excellence, and the prestigious university’s status as the oldest in the United States is well known, contributing to Boston’s longstanding reputation as a bastion of academia. However, the roots of Boston […]
Why was Boston the Athens of America?
By Robert J. Allison, PhD Today’s post is the first in a series of editorial “think pieces” touching upon some of the themes that will be explored in further detail over the coming months. When James Franklin feared that his recalcitrant apprentice would run off, he warned every other printer in town not to hire […]
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