Celebrate Women’s History Month in Greater Boston
This Women’s History Month, take time to celebrate, advocate, and learn about the exansive experiences of womanhood at these events from arts organiztaions, the City of Boston, the Boston Public Library, and more:
Strong Girls, Strong Women
March 18 – The City of Boston hosts an intergenerational discussion with Girls Give Back and the Age Strong Commission about how women from all ages and identities can work together to create meaningful change in their communities.
Womxn’s History: Elevating Trans Women
TBD – Hear from Chastity Bowick, the Executive Director of the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusettss as she shares her experience as the leader of Massachusetts’ only organization dedicated to supporting low-income and homeless transgender individuals. The important contributions of transwomen and non-binary individuals.
Women’s History Month Film Discussions
Throughout the month, Cambridge Day is partnering with the Boston Women’s Film Festival to host discussions around three movies encompassing multiple aspects of women’s history in America.
Women and Wealth: How to Consider What Matters Most for Creating a Financial Plan
March 15 – This workshop from the Boston Public Library is all about strategies for prioritizing one’s quality of life, relationships, lived values, and interests when creating a wealth plan that can help support your vision for the future into the future and retirement.
Take a Tour of the Boston Women’s Memorial and more local Parks
All month long, Boston’s Parks Department will be highlighting the contributions from various women to the city’s magnificent parks. Be sure to make a stop this month at the Women’s Memorial on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, and before you go, check out this virtual tour that opens up new aspects of the story behind the women represented in the memorial.
Header photo: Boston Women’s Memorial by Meredith Bergmann on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall | Greg Cook
Elena Morris (she/her/hers) is ArtsBoston’s Community Outreach and Marketing Manager. She is a dramaturg and arts administrator passionate about forward-thinking in the arts. Elena holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, focusing her studies on dramatic literature and movement.
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