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"Georgianna Boutwell: Of Most Progressive Spirit,” an illustrated talk, Groton Senior Center, 3/23
“Georgianna Boutwell: Of Most Progressive Spirit”
An illustrated talk, Saturday, March 23, 2 to 3:30
Georgianna Boutwell has been the Groton History Center’s guiding spirit since its founding at the turn of the twentieth century. Far-seeing and forward-thinking, Georgianna continues to cut a distinctive figure. She belongs to history and to our time. Born in 1843 to Governor George S. Boutwell and his wife, Sarah A. Thayer, she devoted herself to furthering the rights of women, to social service, and to the interests of her town and state. A founding member of the Groton Historical Society, she bequeathed the family home on Main Street to the society at her death in 1933.
While she lived most of her life in Groton, the letters she and her father exchanged and the many months she spent at his side during his years in Washington, D.C., serving under Presidents Lincoln and U.S. Grant, reveal her breadth of intellect and understanding, and the rare kinship between father and daughter.
Celebrating Georgianna’s life and legacy, the Groton History Center’s Executive Director, Kara Fossey, will present “Georgianna Boutwell: Of Most Progressive Spirit,” at the Groton (Senior) Center, 163 West Main Street, on Saturday, March 23, at 2 pm. All are invited to attend this free talk, which promises to reveal a multifaceted woman of character.
Fossey graduated from Wheaton College and attended Tufts graduate program in Museum Studies. Her research and interpretative work focus on storytelling and making connections between people, places, events, and community. She will give voice to Georgianna’s many contributions, her independence of spirit, and commitment to social and cultural causes close to home.
Among other accomplishments, Georgianna founded the Groton Women’s Club, whose members will be on hand to give the Groton History Center a time capsule of memorabilia from the club’s first 110 years.
“Georgianna Boutwell: Of Most Progressive Spirit” is free and open to the public thanks to the Groton Commissioners of Trust Funds, grants, and corporate and private donations. For more information visit grotonhistory.org, write [email protected], or call 978-448-0092.
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