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1993
Charter member and Fundraiser of the League of Women Voters
of Greater Peabody The Mary Upton Ferrin Award helps Peabody to recognize the special things woman do to help their communities. The award is named for Mary Upton Ferrin, a nineteenth century Peabody resident. She dedicated her life to help women gain equal opportunities and over come obstacles. She petitioned for women who were being victimized. She was sent to a lunatic asylum and was humiliated when she worked to change property laws for married women. The award goes to any woman who shows great support in helping women in Peabody.
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Karen McCafferty was born in Peabody around
1950. She was raised in Peabody and never moved. She
attended Peabody's selection of schools. Later in life, she
decided to become a teacher. In 1972, she became a second
grade teacher at the Center School. A few years ago, she
retired but still lives in Peabody.
McCafferty was actively involved in many
groups, such as: Greater Peabody League of Women Voters, Equality
Coalition of Peabody, Peabody Federation of Teachers and the Peabody
Education Council. |
| "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. | ||
