Women Who Shaped BPL: Postcards & the Women Who Loved Them

To celebrate Women's History Month, Special Collections is highlighting a few of the women who shaped Boston Public Library.  "We have a total of about [165,000] postcards ... They were donated by different collectors through the years." Jane Winton*, Curator of Prints, The Back Bay Sun, September 14, 2010. The extensive collection of artworks and…
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Women Who Shaped the BPL: Helen Slosberg’s Scheme

To celebrate Women's History Month, Special Collections is highlighting a few of the women who shaped Boston Public Library.  "I have a very good scheme..." Helen Slosberg to Sinclair Hitchings, December 20, 1977. Helen S. Slosberg Papers, Arts Department, Boston Public Library. Helen Sagoff Slosberg was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1900, lived in Boston…
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Women Who Shaped BPL: Sally Inman Kast Shepard, First Female Donor

“. . . an act of liberality which will secure Mrs. Shepard a permanent place among the library's distinguished benefactors” Third Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1855 From the early days of the Boston Public Library (then called the Public Library), women were very active and…
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Women Who Shaped BPL: Edith Guerrier, Librarian, Mentor and Visionary

To celebrate Women's History Month, Special Collections is highlighting a few of the women who shaped Boston Public Library. We will be holding an open house celebrating women's contributions to our library on March 26, 2024. The North End Branch of the Boston Public Library, a beloved neighborhood institution, was strongly shaped by the work…
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Notable Women, Notable Manuscripts: Maria Weston Chapman

In celebration of Women’s History month, this is the fourth post in a series by blogger Kim Reynolds (Curator of Manuscripts) focusing on BPL's special collections featuring notable 19th-century American women. Maria Weston Chapman (1806-1885) was a noted abolitionist, editor, writer, and activist. She was the oldest of eight children born in Weymouth, Massachusetts to…
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