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Builders of
Community and Dreams Project
Mary Upton Ferrin
1810-1881
Peabody Chamber of Commerce
Peabody, Massachusetts
Women's History Month in Peabody: A Retrospective
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A TIMELINE of
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
in PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS 1994
March 1
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tribute to women in the leather industry presented by Mayor
Peter Torigian at the Leather City Common
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Commemorative Ceremony Honoring Mary Upton Ferrin with Rep.
Sally Kerans at the Massachusetts Statehouse
Representative Sally P. Kerans with S.M.
Smoller. Photo by J. Merriman.
March 7
– 14
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“The Examination of Martha Corey” a rebroadcast over
Cablevision Educational Channel 14; project funded by the
Peabody Educational Council
March 19
- YMCA Movie Showing of “A League of Their Own”
March 20
- A
Women’s History Month Open House sponsored by the League of
Women Voters of Greater Peabody.
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A tribute to women in the leather industry
by Mayor Peter Torigian, S. M. Smoller, Judy Merriman and Judy Otto.
March 23
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Mary Upton Ferrin Award –The Peabody Chamber of Commerce
presents the second annual award to S.M.
Smoller for her commitment to community service,
helping women overcome obstacles, and showing others how to
gain access to equal opportunities
Activities at the School
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“Amelia Earhart –“Courage is the Price” at Higgins
Middle School
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“Petticoat Patriot: The Story of Deborah Sampson” at
West School
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Women’s Literature and Writings – in service training
workshop for teachers throughout the district
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1994 Women’s History Month Posters distributed to all
schools – sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater
Peabody
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Display of Notable Women at the Burke School
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"Award to us our proper
station in society; abolish all unjust laws in regard to us;
withhold from us no longer our natural rights as human beings,
children of one Parent, members of the same family... As husbands
and son, as fathers and brothers, show to the world that you are not
only manly, but humane; that you know how to pity as well as to
protect; which will reflect honor, not only to your head, but to
your heart, and future generations will revere your memory.
All that we ask, is what justly belongs to us; we ask it not only as
a favor, but as a right." - Memorial of the Female Signers of the
Several Petitions of Henry A. Hardy and Others, Presented March 1,
1849 to the "Gentleman of the Senate and House of Representatives"
by Mary Upton Ferrin. |