With the incorporation of Atkinson in 1767 and throughout the ensuing decades, the town’s women and men together have built an exemplary community. Globally, due to the styling of recorded history, the stories of women — including the women of Atkinson — have been less told. “Remember the Ladies” will present biographical sketches on eight of the countless Atkinson women who all merit space in the town’s historical narrative. Featured in this lecture are six women who lived consecutively in the Kimball House from circa 1772 – 1907: Mary Hazelton Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, Elizabeth Richards Hovey, Hannah Goodhue Moody Hovey, Calista A. George, and Anne Annan Maddox. Also featured are Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, a student at the Center School in the 1880s, and Mary Thomas Wheeler, a teacher at the school in the 1890s.
About the presenters:
Sally Seufert Holmes is a historian and writer, focusing on women of the past whose life stories were diminished, overlooked, or erased due to their gender. Sally is a member of the Atkinson Historical Society, serves as a director (’24-’26), and is on the Center School Restoration Committee.
Lucia Cusimano holds a certificate in genealogical studies from Boston University. Lucia is a member of the Atkinson Historical Society, in the position of Curator.
“Remember the Ladies” is a quote from a letter that Abigail Adams wrote on March 31, 1776, counseling her husband.
Sponsored by the Atkinson Historic Society and hosted at the Kimball Library