Boston Suffrage Stories

We feature #suffrage and activism stories from #SimmonsUniversity & Boston history. Most tweets by @Laura_R_Prieto.
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[Boston Suffrage Stories @SimmonsSuffrage]

We are proud to announce that our new #digitalexhibit, "#Suffrage at Simmons," is now open! 🤩 Please visit, explore, and help spread the word! And follow us here for more stories and highlights. #SimmonsSuffs #votesforwomen https://t.co/N7RtPK9yfV

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

May is #AAPI Heritage Month! We'll be digging into our records and sharing some of the resources we have documenting Boston's AAPI community. Let's start with some early #SouthEnd records. 🧵https://t.co/q82KICXtA4

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

The #MaryElizaProject has just dropped more Women Voter data! We've released over 2100 1920 Women Voter records from Boston's Ward 17, covering parts of #Dorchester and #Roxbury. https://t.co/iOe46D3qfY @universalhub @DotNews

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The #MaryElizaProject is in @BostonGlobe! Read on to learn more about our work to uncover the stories of Boston's women voters after the passage of the 19th Amendment.

[Dr. Laura R. Prieto @lauraRprieto.bsky.social @Laura_R_Prieto]

The #MaryElizaProject is in the @BostonGlobe! 🔥 Profuse thanks to journalist @itsivyscott & photographer @erinclarkphoto for coming to our presentation at the East Boston branch of the @BPLBoston & sharing our story with all their readers.

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

Join us on 4/1 at 11 am at the #EastBoston Public LIbrary for "East Boston Women Claim the Vote: Uncovering Stories of the 1920 Women's Voter Registers." Hear stories of East Boston women that registered to vote after the 19th Amendment and learn how to use this free resource!

[Dr. Laura R. Prieto @lauraRprieto.bsky.social @Laura_R_Prieto]

Check out the #campushistory I’ve been working on w my class: the Simmons Memory Project focuses on students and dorm life in #simmonsuniversity history, from fun trivia to #hardhistories like this on racial segregation. I’m so proud of them! #amteaching https://t.co/3dJxLaGzwG

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Today we're celebrating the @SimmonsUniv suffragists who helped win the right to vote that we hope you are putting to good use! Check out our "Suffrage at Simmons" digital exhibit while you watch #ElectionDay2022 coverage: https://t.co/355Gp9RZF7

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

We received amazing help figuring out the misspelled Swedish birthplaces in the #EastBoston Women's Voter Registers, so we're posting more! Can you help the #MaryElizaProject figure out what the right name/spelling of these towns? 🧵 @universalhub @tildy_cat @loharasukidog

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

#dyk that we've been transcribing Boston's 1920 Women's Voter Registers into a searchable sortable database? Join us this Sunday at 2 pm to learn about the stories we're uncovering and how you can use this free online resource to do you own research! https://t.co/v8lbOr3abx

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

We're rounding out #lgbthistorymonth with this post about the Boston Marriages we're uncovering through the #MaryElizaProject. Read about Boston Marriages and the Queer History of Women's Suffrage! @universalhub @lgbtq_office @lgbtq_history @HUBhistory https://t.co/S3poC732Uz

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Happy First Birthday to the #MaryElizaProject! October 13 is a significant date for the project and for Boston's suffrage history! Read our birthday newsletter to find out more! https://t.co/LSp5a5i9KZ

[Boston Suffrage Stories @SimmonsSuffrage]

@nowwhat45981772 Thank you! We really enjoyed researching their stories. Stay tuned for a few additions that have been coming to light. We will add them to the digital exhibit and of course tweet about them here, this fall.

[Boston Suffrage Stories @SimmonsSuffrage]

News about our sister project, the #MaryElizaProject, transcribing Boston women’s voter registration records from 1920 into a public database and telling their stories, city ward by city ward. #publichumanities #dighist #dh

[Dr. Laura R. Prieto @lauraRprieto.bsky.social @Laura_R_Prieto]

We're starting a #MaryElizaProject newsletter! Hear about our new data releases, events, links to blog posts, & other cool stuff about Boston's women voters in 1920. If you'd like to get it please DM me or @archifydd your email. #womenshistory #suffrage #19thAmendment

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

Happy Birthday to Eva Whiting White! Born #onthisday in 1885, Eva was a pioneering social worker and community advocate. She was a #WestEnd Settlement House worker, dean of the Simmons School of Social Work. Read more about Eva in our blog post! https://t.co/ZCCAZ4bA3T

[Dr. Laura R. Prieto @lauraRprieto.bsky.social @Laura_R_Prieto]

Remember the Ladies this #FourthofJuly — my interview with #SimmonsUniversity about the women who should have been in your American Revolution history lessons. Hint: it’s not just Abigail Adams. https://t.co/4ZzXZrhYQG
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3/ You'll note that though she had received her MD from @harvardmed in 1949, Ladislas Wojcik was misidentified as a nurse, including in this @GettyImages photo of her working at an innovative "mobile blood processing unit" in 1950. https://t.co/0SmLW5bLmr

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@SimmonsAlumni alert: first row, far left, in the first @harvardmed class to admit women, is Ladislas Dolores Wojcik, #SimmonsCollege class of 1940. #HMS

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2/ Just because we love using the Simmons yearbooks digitized via @internetarchive, here is Ladislas Wojcik's senior photo and writeup. You'll note she was in the Ellen (Swallow) Richards club, named after the first woman to study *and* teach at @MIT. https://t.co/GUyacYcBmc

[City of Boston Archives @archivesboston]

The Franklin Square House at 11 E Newton St was an affordable home for single women. When the 19th Amendment passed, the House could hold up to 850 residents. The #MaryElizaProject has revealed that over 100 residents registered to vote that fall. https://t.co/XMoJoA3pTe

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Living catty-corner to each other at Windsor and Westminster, one imagines that Ruth and Dorothy shared more than just an age and occupation. These young women shared a community in Lower Roxbury, perhaps friends and pastimes, and the aspiration to vote!