Sunday, March 25, 2018 – Recorded by Bill Rabkin
In 2003, former Town Historian Steve Herring created a list of Framingham women whom he felt should be recognized as part of a hypothetical Framingham Women’s Memorial, or what we might now think of as a Women’s Hall of Fame. Considering 300 years of history, he narrowed his list to 10 women of “great talent, ability, and strength.”
He chose:
Mary Eames
Sarah Clayes
Lydia Learned
Hannah Nixon
Mary Eames Rice
Margaret Knight
Louise Mayo
Meta Warrick Fuller
Dr. Miriam Van Waters
Christa McAuliffe.
Come and hear Steve’s brief biographies on each of these women presented by some of Framingham’s most inspiring women of today. In observance of Women’s History Month, we’ll add two more women from our past to Steve’s list… making it a “Daring Dozen”! Voting took place from Mar. 7th– 16th either by Doodle link.
List of nominations:
Barbara Gray (1926-2014)
Mary Murphy (1927-2014)
Josephine Collins (1879-1960)
Margaret Pearmain Welch (1893-1984)
Carol J. Getchell (1939-2001)
Mary E. Stapleton (1907-1999)
Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson (1871-1932)
Debby Blumer (1941-2006)
Penelope Turton (1912-1998)
Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923)
Dr. Jean Avery (1918-2005)