Working Women: Boston Women Finding Their Voice
When:
Tuesday, Sep 19, 2023 6:00p -
7:30p
Tuesday, Sep 19, 2023 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
Brewer Fountain Boston Common
Tremont St
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
$Adults $16, children (6-12) $9, Children (under 6) Free n
Hosted by:
Categories:
Date Idea, Good for Groups, Outside, Seasonal
Event website:
https://bostonbyfoot.org
For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not being heard. It would take the creation of the Women’s Trade Union League founded by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan in Boston to show women how to organize themselves into trade unions. On this tour, discover how women’s voices grew from the foundation laid by the Denison House and the WEIU (Women’s Education & Industrial Union). Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements, and the struggles these movements faced, divided along class lines.
