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  STARS of the MONTH

PEABODY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 70 Endicott Street, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     10/03 - present Peabody Public Schools Website Author
     1/99 - present Higgins Middle School Media Specialist; Cullen Memorial Library http://www.cullenlibrary.org.
     10/97-6/98 Researcher-in-Residence - Developed and implemented a residency program to research the history of the district's existing schools; brought primary resources into the classroom to work with 28 eighth graders to publish the Peabody School History Project on the district's web site. Additionally, each school principal received a written report on the history of their school to which they can add the future history of the school. The project culminated with the unveiling of the web site at a history fair held in the school's computer labs.  Visit http://www.peabody.k12.ma.us/Peabody%20History%20Project/index.htm
  3/98  Presenter - "Mary Upton Ferrin, Peabody's First Suffragist".  Presented to 500 sixth graders on the 188th anniversary of Ferrin's birth, with funding from the Peabody Education Council. Successfully solicited the support of the Warren Five Savings Bank to provide the school with thirty copies of a brief biography on Ferrin and of Eastman Gelatine Corporation to provide birthday cake for the class.
     2/95  Researcher-in-Residence - An interdisciplinary unit on the Industrial Revolution presented to eighth grade students involved in producing nineteenth century newspapers. Funded by the Peabody Education Council.
     3/92    Presenter -  History of the early Massachusetts women's movement to 400 seventh graders.  Funded by the Peabody Education Council.
     3/91     Presenter  -  History of Peabody's first Suffragist to 800  fourth graders, through funding made possible by the Peabody Education Council and the corporate support of Gordon Realty.

SALEM EVENING NEWS, Salem, Ma. 01970
     5/99 - 2002   Columnist - "History of Peabody" appeared monthly on the fourth Thursday.

PEABODY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 35 Washington St., Peabody, Ma. 01960
     11/01 - Presenter - "Eagle Corner in 1775"
     7/94  Researcher  of  George Peabody for the 1995 commemorative Calendar.

PEABODY-LYNNFIELD WEEKLY NEWS, 10 First Avenue, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     1988-12/1998 Correspondent - School Committee, City Council, Planning Board, & Local History 

SALEM STATE COLLEGE EXPLORERS INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT
     11/24/98 Presenter -  Writers in Our Midst Series-Topic: Creating a Collateral Record of Local Life

PEABODY INSTITUTE LIBRARY, Main Street, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     8/03 - Presenter - to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Peabody Institute.  "E-z-ine from the Present to Future Generations", a power point presentation utilizing the 1853 narrative of "Epistle from the Present to Future Generations" by Fitch Poole, Jr.,  to capture an electronic magazine of the Institute and community in 2003.
     2/99  Lecturer –on local writer Fitch Poole, Jr., with funding from the Peabody Cultural Council
     4/98   Researcher - Designed and implemented a program to create a Finding List of the un-catalogued items within the local history collection of the Eben Dale Sutton Reference Room.  It includes a chapter on "The Life and Times of Eliza Sutton".  To read a brief biography of Eliza Sutton written for the annual Peabody Cultural Clearinghouse Women’s History Month bookmark, visit the Peabody Library at http://www.peabodylibrary.org/history/sutton.shtml.
    10/97  Lecturer - "Distinguished 19th Century Visitors"
    5/97  Lecturer -  "Peabody's Historical Landmarks" for the Pride in Peabody campaign
    3/97  Lecturer -  "Eliza Sutton and the Ladies Benevolent Society" for Women's History Month

PEABODY CULTURAL CLEARINGHOUSE, INC.  Peabody, Ma. 01960
    1990 -Present President/Collaboration Coordinator  - Facilitated  six successful grant     proposals for, and annual block bookings of,  Actors Theatre of Maine to perform classic    literature as live interactive theatre in  nine Peabody elementary schools, 3000 students. 
    4/94   Facilitated the joint booking of the interactive drama "Cry Innocent: The Trial of Bridget Bishop", as funded by the Peabody Education Council, for the Higgins Middle School and Peabody Veterans Memorial High School.
    1991-2001 Organizer of annual month-long Women's History Month observances in Peabody, including the annual publication of a free bookmark honoring a significant woman in local history.
     9/92   Organizer of ceremony and placement of granite commemorative markers at Crystal Lake, a Peabody conservation area, honoring witch hysteria victims Martha and Giles Corey during the observance of the Witch Tercentennary.   Presented history of Martha Corey. 
     10/91  Organizer of a suffragist contingent to march in Peabody's Jubilee Parade in memory of women in city's past.

'ROUND THE REGION - Cablevision Public Access, Foster St., Peabody, Ma. 01960
     11/97, 10/95 & 10/93  Political Analyst - Interviewed candidates; provided analysis of election results

JOHN E. BURKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Peabody, Ma.01960
     5/95, 5/97 Presenter  - "Legends Are Living Things: Stories of Mt. St. Helens" to 4th and 5th grade students.  Funded by the Peabody Education Council, 1995 and the Burke PTO, 1997.
     11/96  Presenter - "Legends Are Living Things: The Naumkeag and the Legend of     Ship Rock" to 4th and 5th grade students. Funded by the Peabody Education Council.

PEABODY CULTURAL COUNCIL, City Hall, Peabody, Ma.
     1993-97 Researcher - Received funds to index THE WIZARD newspaper, 1859-1863 as research for a local historical novel.  The Index is available at  the  Peabody Institute Library and Danvers Archives.

DANVERS CULTURAL COUNCIL, Danvers Town Hall, Danvers, Ma.
     1994-96 Researcher - Received funds to index THE WIZARD newspaper, 1861-1863, as research for a local historical novel.

DANVERS PRESERVATION SOCIETY / Peabody Institute Library Lyceum Series, Danvers, Ma.
     4/95  Lecturer for the George Peabody Bicentennary - "Newspaper Accounts of George Peabody" 

PEABODY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Main Street, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     3/95  Lecturer  for Women's History Month - "The Women in George Peabody's Life"

BORDERS BOOKS, Route 114, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     3/95  Lecturer on Mary Upton Ferrin

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, Boston, Massachusetts
     3/94  Lecturer  on Mary Upton Ferrin at the state AAUW board convention held in Peabody.

Rep. SALLY P. KERANS, 13th Essex District, Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston, Ma.
     3/94  Historical Re-enactment  - To kick off Women's History Month observances in the State, presented Ferrin's initial petition for women's rights as occurred on 3/1/1841.

PEABODY VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, 485 Lowell St., Peabody, Ma. 01960
     1/93-10/93 Writing Consultant - Researched and wrote an original play, Saved From The Darkness, on local women's history which was produced by students at PVMHS,    through funding made possible by the Peabody Education Council.
       Producer - Video of an "Examination of Martha Corey", a re-staging of the trial     of the witch hysteria martyr, as performed by history students at PVMHS. 

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF GREATER PEABODY, c/o 35 Washington Street,  Peabody, Ma. 
     6/92- 6/94 Editor - The LWVGP BULLETIN, a monthly newsletter.
     1992, 93 & 94 Lecturer  on local Women's History

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER at the Plaza, Russell St., Peabody, Ma. 01960
     10/91     Moderator for state representative candidates debate.

WEST MEMORIAL PTO, Bow Street, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     1989  Grant Writer  - Facilitated full funding for a six-week storytelling mini-residence by Sharon Kennedy for fourth graders and PASS funding for nearly 300 children to attend the North Shore Music Theater in the spring of 1996.

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOCIATION (MSLMA)
     1/01  Audrey Friend Scholarship Recipient 

UP WITH PEOPLE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
     11/95  Festival Grand Marshall  - Recognized for community service during citywide performance made possible by the Peabody Education Council, Northshore Mall and  the  Salem Evening  News.

PEABODY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, One Peabody Square, Peabody, Ma. 01960
     3/94  Mary Upton Ferrin Award Recipient presented to a woman living or working in Peabody who helps women and girls in the community become conscious of their own  worth and dignity.

2001 Part VI: Index to the South Danvers Wizard, January 6, 1864 to June 29, 1864
1998 Part V: Index to the South Danvers Wizard, July 1, 1863 to December 30, 1863
1997 Part IV: Index to the South Danvers Wizard, January 7, 1863 to June 24, 1863
1996 Part III: Index to the South Danvers Wizard, January 8, 1862 to December 31, 1862
1995 Mary Upton Ferrin: Earliest Massachusetts Pioneer in Woman Suffrage, Essex Hill Publications, Peabody, Mass., 1995.
1995 Part II: Index to the Sourth Danvers Wizard, December 5, 1860 to December 18, 1861
1994 Part I: Index to the South Danvers Wizard, December 1859 to December 1860

5/2001  SALEM STATE COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL, Salem, Ma.01970  – Graduate Honors Speaker - Masters of Education Library Media Studies Program.

6/75    EMERSON COLLEGE, 130 Beacon St., Boston, Ma. 02116 - B.S. in Mass     Communication and English Education; Double Major; Magna Cum Laude 

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