Old South Meeting House

Struggling for a Unified Voice: Boston Women and School Suffrage
Polly Kaufman
March 24, 2009
00:36:06
Polly Kaufman explains how Boston suffrage leaders worked to keep the goal of achieving full suffrage in the forefront despite controversies that developed among women based on societal and ethnic dif
Women Against the Vote: Anti-Suffragists in Massachusetts
Aliza Saivetz
March 12, 2009
00:37:31
Aliza Saivetz of Old South Meeting House, and Jayne Gordon and Kathleen Barker of the Massachusetts Historical Society explore women's participation in the anti-suffrage movement.
Long Road To Suffrage and Beyond: Boston Women's Legal History
Bonnie Hurd Smith
March 5, 2009
00:38:48
Local historian Bonnie Hurd Smith looks at four centuries of women's legal history in Boston, as discussed in her recent book Boston Women & The Law.
Capitol Men: The First Black Congressmen
Philip Dray
February 24, 2009
00:46:02
Philip Dray tells the the epic story of America's reconstruction through the lives of the first black congressmen.
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Industrial History of the Neponset Valley
Anthony M. Sammarco
February 12, 2009
00:40:11
Anthony M. Sammarco explores the many facets of a mill village and its impact on the local economy.
Big Wheels Kept on Turning: Arlington's Mill Brook Valley
Ed Gordon
February 5, 2009
00:44:25
Ed Gordon tells the story of how a visionary preservationist prevented the destruction of the Scwamb brothers' mill.
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Loyalists and the American War for Independence
Brendan McConville
January 29, 2009
00:43:22
Winners typically write the history books, but what about those who were less fortunate?
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Gossiping about the Gores
J.L. Bell
January 22, 2009
00:44:18
Capt. John Gore was a decorative painter who rose into the ranks of Boston gentlemen. But in the 1770s, what was the proper path for him and his children: political resistance or loyalty to Britain?