Ladies in the ‘Hood: Boston Heroines
I've Moved! The Boomer Chronicles has closed after 6 years, but you can keep up with me on my new blog at http://www.rheabecker.com
Once in a while I like to tell you a bit about my neighborhood of Boston — Jamaica Plain.
It was founded in the early 1600s, so we have a lot of history to boast about. Here are three interesting personages (as they say in the history biz) who lived in Jamaica Plain:
Pauline Agassiz Shaw (that’s her in the photo) started the public kindergarten movement, in 1877. There is a plaque honoring her achievements on the main street here.
Maud Cuney Hare was the foremost historian of black music of her time and lived in Jamaica Plain from 1904 until 1934. She wrote Negro Musicians and Their Music (1936), a comprehensive survey of black music.
Sylvia Plath, famed American poet, was born here in 1932 in Robinson Memorial Hospital. She is known for her angst-filled works of poetry.
November 1st, 2006 at 2:37 pm
[...] I’ve written before about angsty poet Sylvia Plath and the fact that she was born right here in my Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. In fact, just about four blocks from where I live. [...]