Saturday Evening Girls: Immigrant Artists and Scholars in Boston in the Early 1900s
Date and Time
Saturday May 21, 2016
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Location
27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, Ma 01930
The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Gloucester, one block north from Main Street and one short block east of City Hall and the Sawyer Free Library. Metered parking is available in the public lot across from the Museum.
Gloucester is also easily accessible by public transportation on the MBTA commuter rail, which connects Cape Ann directly with the greater Boston area and beyond. From Boston's North Station, take the Newburyport/Rockport line to the Gloucester stop; the Museum is a short walk (0.4 miles) from the train station.
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Description
Dr. Dorothy E. King, assistant professor of sociology at Penn State Harrisburg will be joined by Joanne Riley, archivist at UMASS Boston and Roz Kramer, daughter of pioneer Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) researcher Barbara Kramer, to present an illustrated lecture on the group. The SEG, best known for establishing the Paul Revere Pottery, started out in Boston in 1899 as a progressive organization for the education and socialization of young Jewish and Italian immigrant women from Boston's North End. The history of the SEG is tied to Cape Ann through the camp built on Wingaersheek Beach in 1906, which offered the young women a refuge from the city during the summer months. This program is $10 for CAM members / $20 for non-members (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. For more information, email us at info@capeannmuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Museum at 978-283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite.
