The Basket Club and Mask-Making: The Fabric of Mending in Cambridge
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2021Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Place: Via Zoom (register below!) In 1873 Emily Elizabeth Parsons, a former Civil War nurse and founder of the Mount Auburn Hospital, started...
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Who Are Cambridge Women?
Profiles included: Barbara Ackermann | Maria Baldwin | Ann Bookman | Sara Chapman Bull | Joyce Chen | Helen Lee Franklin | Lois Lilley Howe | Edith Lesley | Eva...
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Businesses Well Lived
As part of our ongoing work to capture Cambridge history, we partnered with Cambridge Local First to reach out to local small business owners and find out how the pandemic has affected their livelihood.
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Fall Conversation 2020: Who Is Essential Cambridge?
Read Part 1 of our series: Cambridge Women in War and Industry. Over the past year, the Cambridge Historical Society has been exploring the question “Who Are Cambridge Women?” Our...
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