Stay engaged with the MHS this year.
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“Women go to the polls and vote now. Mrs. Mable [sic] Newcomb voted at same time I did — in next booth. I heard a frog peeping last eve.”
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Alice Hay Outside, in Velocipede
This photograph by Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams in 1883 depicts a young girl, Alice Hay (1880–1960), wearing a cape and hat, outside, atop a velocipede. But what is a velocipede?
An antiquated term now, “velocipede” often referred to a wheeled contraption propelled by working foot pedals on cranks fitted to an axle at the time this photograph was taken. Although that could also describe a modern bicycle, this example looks much more like a horse and cart. Alice could propel this velocipede forward with the pedals attached to the back wheels, where her feet are resting, and steer by using the horse’s reins to turn the front wheel. When she pedaled, the horse’s legs would move to give the impression of walking as the velocipede went forward.
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2021 Virtual Advocacy Day: Tuesday 13 April
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Today is the National History Day in Massachusetts 2021 Virtual Advocacy Day!
Please email, call, and tweet your Massachusetts state legislators to ask them to support funding for NHD in the FY22 state budget. State funding means that we can deepen our engagement with the 6,000 students who participate in the program. This funding also ensures that we can bring the NHD program to more students in more schools across the Commonwealth.
Check out our NHD advocacy page to learn how you can voice your support for NHD! We’ve provided an advocacy toolkit, including how to contact your legislators and key talking points about NHD’s value and impact in Massachusetts.
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Join the Young Patrons Committee on Wednesday, 28 April, at 5:30 PM, for a riveting hour with MHS President Catherine Allgor. Sip your favorite cocktail or mocktail at this virtual event and hear new plans for the first historical society in America. Share your thoughts as stakeholders helping to craft a fresh future. Show off your MHS face mask out in public (a mask will be send to attendees following the event). This event is free and exclusively for patrons under 40.
Join the ongoing MHS Young Patrons conversation with events and networking opportunities for young professionals under the age of 40. Membership for this vibrant group of patrons is discounted to $40 per year. Visit www.masshist.org/members or contact agrant@masshist.org for more info.
If this event isn’t for you, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass it along!
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MHS’s online programs are held on the video conference platform Zoom. Registrants will receive an e-mail with a link to join the program.
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Kaleidoscope Metropolis: Autonomy and Integration in the Fractured City
By the 1950s, just as technocratic consensus settled on the opinion that Boston’s metropolitan problems demanded municipal consolidation, meaningful regional integration became a political dead letter. This paper examines how conflicting pressures towards both spatial integration and disintegration shaped the postwar city, with ecological concepts about environmental management jostling against demands for community autonomy coming from both right and left. Struggle over geographic units thereby became a key axis of conflict between different ideological strands of the politics of place.
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Boston School Desegregation through the Rearview Mirror
In 1972, a group of African American parents sued city and state officials over segregation within the Boston Public Schools. After a trial, a federal court determined that the Boston School Committee had intentionally discriminated on the basis of race by operating a dual school system that extended to school assignments, facilities, and staffing. When officials failed to produce a timely remedy, the court ordered institutional reforms, including redistricting and the reassignment of students. In this program, panelists will reflect on the lessons to be learned from Boston’s school desegregation experience.
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On Tuesday, 20 April, at 5:15 PM, Kwelina Thompson, Cornell University; Shoniqua Roach, Brandeis University; and Laura Puaca, Christopher Newport University, present Contesting Domesticity—A Panel Discussion with comment by Allison Horrocks, Lowell National Historic Park.
On Thursday, 22 April, at 5:30 PM, Karen Mauney-Brodek, Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Rep. Nika Elugardo; and Chris Reed, Harvard Graduate School of Design, present Clean Water, Green Spaces, and Social Equity moderated by Sarah Glazer.
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Interested in Viewing Past Programs?
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If you missed a program or would like to revisit the material presented, please visit www.masshist.org/video or our YouTube channel. A selection of past programs is just a click away.
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Share Your COVID-19 Experience(s)
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The MHS invites you to contribute your COVID-19 experience(s) to our collection. Record your experiences on a daily, weekly, or intermittent basis. You can contribute your thoughts and images online. Visit our COVID-19 web display to learn more and to share your thoughts. Or you can keep a journal and donate it to the MHS. Contact collections@masshist.org for more information.
Thank you to everyone who has shared so far. If you have not yet done so or would like to contribute again, please visit www.masshist.org/projects/covid/index.php. You can also read what others have shared.
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Our Members are the heart of the MHS community and an integral part of the MHS story. Become a Member to help make possible the Society’s mission to promote the study of American history. Receive benefits including invitations to enhanced Member-only events; free or discounted admission to special programs; and access to publications such as our calendar of events, newsletter, and Annual Report.
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