After Suffrage: A 20/20 Perspective on Women’s Rights, 1920 – 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
Barbara Berenson’s second talk will address women’s rights after they finally achieved access to the ballot in 1920. How have women fared politically and legally over the past century? Berenson ... Read more
Harriet Tubman speaking in favor of women’s suffrage rights.
Friday, March 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
“I Can’t Die but Once” performance by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti Tubman believed in the equality of all people, black or white, male or female, which made her sympathetic to the women’s ... Read more
Photographs of Quincy W. Day, Westford Then and Now
Sunday, March 8, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
Do you recognize this house? Many of you probably drive by it every day. Join us at the Westford Historical Society for a fascinating slide show of photographs of Quincy ... Read more
“I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone” performance by Judith Kalaora.
Thursday, March 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
In this fiery presentation, Lucy describes the tension of Antebellum Boston.. Women were evolving from successful abolitionists to struggling suffragists! Challenging discrimination is not easy; Lucy Stone was never one ... Read more
Westford Minutemen/6th Middlesex Regiment Annual Open House
Sunday, March 22, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
Visit and learn about our colonial period history, clothing and accouterments, and group activities. Members of the Minutemen will also be available to talk about this April’s Col. John Robinson Trail ... Read more
Taste of Nashoba ~Ticket Partner
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pmLawrence Academy Stone Athletic Center, Groton MA
Celebrating its 19th year, the Taste of Nashoba has been an annual event showcasing the best restaurants, caterers, bakeries, and breweries from the region to thousands of attendees. Attracting over 1,000 ... Read more
Hall and McLaughlin: History of NORTH Westford
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmAmerican Legion Post #437, Westford MA
Westford Town historians, Geoff Hall and Rich McLaughlin, will bring their knowledge and research of of North Westford for an extraordinary presentation with a special slide show. They will share ... Read more
Wild Women of Westford Sunday Afternoon Tea
Sunday, May 3, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmWestford Museum, Westford MA
Join us for an afternoon of storytelling and tea. Enjoy a light meal of finger sandwiches and savories with sweet pastries, while listening to stories of 4 heroic women of ... Read more
Fibers of Life; Textiles from the Westford Historical Society’s Collections
Sunday, May 17, 2020 @ 2:30 am - 3:30 amWestford Museum, Westford MA
This show & tell lecture is offered in cooperation with the Westford Museum & Historical Society. Their collection of local artifacts, from clothing and accouterments to linens and household items ... Read more
"I want to go to Jail” A one-act play written by Pamela Swing and Elizabeth Dabanka
Friday, May 22, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmParish Center for the Arts, Westford Massachusetts
“I Want to go to Jail” transports you back to February, 1919, when women suffragists grappled with unexpected obstacles in their quest for the final vote needed to pass the ... Read more
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