Our #VoterOfTheDay is Dr. Carrie Ines Felch who claimed her right on Aug 2, 1920. Dr. Felch graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1906, the same year as her husband, Louis. According to the 1915-1916 Medical Directory of Greater Boston, both spouses worked out of the same office at 355 Mass Ave🧵

We found two major shoe factories that employed new women voters in the 1920 Boston voter registers. Learn more about the Boston stitchers, topmakers, and eyeleters who registered to vote after the 19th Amendment. sites.google.com/view/maryeli...

On September 17, 1920, educator, social worker and philanthropist Bertha Hazard claimed her voting rights. 🧵

After the 19th, Boston women still had to clear hurdles to claim their voting rights. Clerks asked for birthplaces, occupations, age (under oath!), marital status, proof of citizenship, and sometimes for women to read lines from the State Constitution. Read more: sites.google.com/view/maryeli...

Many of the women voters in Boston's Lower Roxbury and the South End supported themselves and their families by working at the United Drug Co. factory. Read our blog post, The Cherry Pickers of Lower Roxbury to learn more. sites.google.com/view/maryeli...

Good thread on Foley and Goodnow. Check out this video for more on their relationship. 🗃️ 🏳️‍🌈 #sschat

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Mary Eliza Project@maryelizaproject.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Margaret Foley and Helen Goodnow, lifelong partners, went together to register to vote in Boston on August 4, 1920, correctly anticipating that the 19th Amendment would soon be ratified. 🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com

Margaret Foley and Helen Goodnow, lifelong partners, went together to register to vote in Boston on August 4, 1920, correctly anticipating that the 19th Amendment would soon be ratified. 🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com

On September 17, 1920, Maria L. Baldwin, a respected educator and tireless activist for African American and women’s rights, claimed her right to vote. Read more about Maria, her life, and her voter register entry in our latest blog post. sites.google.com/view/maryeli...

As we wrap up Jewish American Heritage Month, we recognize German-born 1920 Boston New Voters and Dorchester residents Hedwig “Haidee” Kaminsky Rosenblum and her widowed mother Emilie Neumann Kaminsky. Image from The Boston Globe, May 5, 1902, pg. 3

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Jason Herbert@herberthistory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This week Historians At The Movies is singing about the history of suffrage in America. Join us on PBS this Sunday, May 24 at 8pm eastern for SUFFS. If you like a little different side of history, then share this post and keep #HATM growing. See ya there.

At the end of the 19th century, Scandinavian immigration to the US increased. While earlier waves of Scandinavian immigrants had often been farming families, a wave of starting in abt 1890 was primarily single men and women. We wondered, did these newly arrived women register to vote in 1920? 🧵

On August 6, 1920, Elizabeth Cheney Sanger of 518 East Broadway in #SouthBoston walked into Boston City Hall to register to vote. She gave her occupation as journalist at the Boston Globe. Intrigued, researcher Jocelyn Gould uncovered a fascinating story behind the line in the ledger.🧵

“The Distinctive Boston House” proclaims this early ad for the Hotel Puritan, in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. At least 21 women who lived at this hotel registered to vote in 1920, immediately after receiving their voting rights from the newly-ratified 19th Amendment!

For Medical Lab Worker Week, we are focusing on 1920 Boston New Voter Ethel M. Howard (Wetmore), listed in the registries as performing Laboratory Work at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, now part of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Image from the MIT Museum

During #NationalSocialWorkMonth, we recognize Mobile, Alabama-born Bertha Hazard. She was the compiler of the poetry book “Three Years with the Poets”, published in 1905, intended as a teaching tool for primary students. Image from the Internet Archive

On National Dentists Day, we recognize 1920 New Voter Dr. Fenecia L. Leonardi (later Campagna), who registered to vote on October 13th, 1920. #BostonHistory Image: The Boston Globe Sun, May 28, 1916

We have a website [sites.google.com/view/maryelizaproject/]! Our website brings together all of our work and resources: links to the dataset and research materials, the story of our project and our team, and maps and data visualizations. We'll also update the site with any upcoming events!

Sixty-seven of the new 1920 Boston women voters were born in Minnesota, including Minneapolis-born sisters, stenographer Dorothy Whidden (later Abbott) and Marjory (Whidden) Battilana. Image from the Minnesota Streetcar Museum via Minnesota Digital Library. #BostonHistory

As some of us return to school after Winter Break, we recognize the three new voters listed as teachers at Dorchester’s Audubon School in 1920. Roxbury-born Anna L. Fitzsimmons was a 1894 graduate of Roxbury High School who registered to vote on October 6th, 1920. Image: Historic New England

The new voter registries list 273 new voters born in Providence, Rhode Island, including sisters Housewife Rose L. (Boughan) Shiels (1866-1929) and Mary J. Boughan (1873?-1935). The registries list Mary J. Boughan as a clerk working for the Saxony Worsted Mills in Newton, Massachusetts.

On #NationalViolinDay, we are recognizing 1920 Boston new voter, violinist Sarah Weenona (or Sara Winona) Lander (1888-1964), who registered to vote on October 5, 1920.

Fantastic article about our recent program hosted by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. jamaicaplainnews.com/2025/11/18/m...

Mary Eliza Project Shares Findings on Jamaica Plain’s First Female Voters - Jamaica Plain News

The Mary Eliza Project hosted a talk on Jamaica Plain’s first female voters at the Northeast Arts Building, the very site where these women registered in Ward 22 in 1920.  As part of the city’s Commun...

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Today’s #VoterOfTheDay is South Boston's Helen F. Merrill (later Hopkins), who registered to vote in Boston School Board Elections on November 27, 1918. In 1907, she earned a third-year diploma from South Boston High School. Image: @bpl.boston.gov #BostonHistory #WomensHistory #WomensSuffrage

On #NationalChocolateDay, we are spotlighting two new voters who worked as chocolate dippers for the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO). Best known for Necco Wafers, the company occupied a complex in South Boston from 1902 to 1927.

In 1920, Lilian T. Piotti (Moynihan) served on an executive committee of a Memorial Service featuring the Boston Italian Symphony in “Aid of Free Italian Home for Children.” The event was planned as the “largest Italian demonstration ever staged in this city.” Image: Boston Post, Sat. June 5, 1920

For #PolishAmericanHeritageMonth, we are spotlighting Rae M. (Burnce) Davidson, who registered to vote on October 6, 1920, as a resident of East Boston. Image from The Boston City Archives

When Eva Ryerson Ludgate registered to vote on October 13, 1920, she gave her occupation as "Congregational Minister."  One newspaper account claimed that she was the youngest ordained Congregational minister in the United States! Image: Library of Congress

On the evening of Saturday, October 9, 1920,  Lili Shapiro registered to vote at the North End's Prince Street School in Boston. Lili was an artist who designed and crafted original ceramics. She was also an active participant in the North End’s Saturday Evening Girls. Image: Historic New England

Over 1K of the 1920 New Boston Women Voters worked as Teachers and/or Instructors. #WorldTeachersDay

For #ClassicalMusicMonth, we feature two new voters, Jessie Nute Bennett and Barbara (Loewenstein) Einstein, who performed as soloists in classical music concerts throughout Boston. Image: The Boston Globe, Mon, Jan 08, 1923, Page 4.