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Upcoming Lecture: Strong Women of The Gables

Enterprising Women

Upcoming Lecture: Strong Women of The Gables

Date: August 13, 2020

Press Release: Salem’s Susanna Ingersoll and Caroline Emmerton celebrated for their support of the city’s people SALEM — Strength is more than might. Lasting strength, the kind with results, is a...

Enterprising Woman: Hepzibah Pyncheon

Date: June 25, 2020

“Here is one of the truest points of melancholy interest that occur in ordinary life. It was the final throe of what called itself old gentility. A lady—who had fed...

Caroline Emmerton: World Traveler

Date: March 31, 2020

Caroline Emmerton: World Traveler By David Moffat   In 1888, Caroline Emmerton’s trip to Europe was cut short with the unexpected news that her father had passed away at the...

Enterprising Women: Rose Hawthorne

Date: March 25, 2020

by: David Moffat, Visitor Services Specialist and Researcher Born May 20, 1851 while the family was living in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Hawthornes’ youngest child, Rose, was only a month younger...

Enterprising Woman: Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, the artist

Date: February 25, 2020

Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871) was the wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne. She was also well-known for her work as a painter, illustrator, and writer....

Enterprising Women: Diane Portnoy and The Immigrant Learning Center

Date: February 5, 2020

If you missed our kickoff lecture for our Enterprising Women series, you missed a wonderful evening hearing about the founding of the Immigrant Learning Center with Diane Portnoy. After experiencing...

Diane Portnoy tells a compelling story of how and why she founded the Immigrant Learning Center

Date: January 29, 2020

PRESS RELEASE Learning English as a newcomer to the United States is hard, demanding work. Fortunately, some programs with excellent track records exist to help. On Tuesday, February 4, from...

Looking Ahead at 2020 – Enterprising Women

Date: January 1, 2020

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees and protects a woman’s right to vote. To honor the 100th anniversary of this historic milestone, The House of the Seven Gables will...