Women's Heritage Trail - Explore

Women’s Heritage Trail – Explore

Boston Women’s Memorial, by Meredith Bergmann

0.8 min readBy Anna WhitePublished On: March 8th, 2023Categories: See and Do0 Comments

Take a walk and learn some history!

Established in 1989, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail highlights the work of women, from household names like Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley, Amelia Earhart, Louisa May Alcott, and Rose Kennedy, to less-familiar leaders like Chew Shee Chin, Julia O’Connor, Clementine Langone, and Melnea Cass.

For over three decades, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) has worked to restore women to their rightful place in the history of Boston and in the school curriculum by uncovering, chronicling, and disseminating information about the women who have made lasting contributions to the City of Boston.

You can take a virtual tour here and learn about strong women in Boston for over four centuries!

Image of the Boston Women’s Memorial featuring Lucy Stone, Abigail Adams and Phillis Wheatley created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann back in 2003. This memorial is part of the Women’s Heritage Trail.

Image via Meredith Bergmann

Anna White

Lower End homeowner since 2005. Mom of three BPS kids. Friend to all except those who don’t clean up after their dogs and/or who put their trash out in kitchen bags (seriously, people, it’s not that hard to use a barrel). Queen of the Nerds (okay that one is only in my dreams).