Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Areas of Focus: Boston women's history, women of achievement, walking tours, neighborhood tours
Available Programs
To Register for a Field Trip: Contact Mary Smoyer howsmoyer@gmail.com
Program Fees: All of our programs are free for Boston Public Schools
Website: http://bwht.org
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Boston-Womens-Heritage-Trail-239610520424
For All Grades
Sample Student - Generated Walking Tours
Lower Roxbury: Voyages of Women (link to self-guided tour)
Walk from the former Phyllis Wheatley School past Girl's High, alma mater to Melnea Cass, and end at the Unity Mural in the former Dudley Square (Nubian Square)
South End: Women's Heritage (link to self-guided tour)
Walk from Blackstone School near the home of Rosie's Place founder Kip Tiernan to learn about activists Myrna Vasquez, Maria Baldwin, Melnea Cass, as well as the former settlement house named for Harriet Tubman and end at the site of Louisa May Alcott's house.
Dorchester/Upham's Corner Women's Heritage (link to self-guided tour)
Discover women activists from the 18th and 19th century who fought for racial equality, against animal cruelty, and for women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery. Learn about Trotter and Clapp--namesakes of local schools.
Roxbury Women’s History Trail: Stepping Back
Learn about women activists and leaders such as Muriel Snowden, founder of Freedom House, Elma Lewis who founded a school of fine arts, as well as professionals such as Jessie Garnett--first African American dentist in Boston, and Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first professional nurse.
Walking Tours Available for the following locations:
Downtown: http://bwht.org/downtown/
Beacon Hill: http://bwht.org/beacon-hill/
North End: http://bwht.org/north-end/
West Roxbury: http://bwht.org/west-roxbury/. (student)
East Boston: http://bwht.org/east-boston/
Jamaica Plain: http://bwht.org/jamaica-plain/
Back Bay West: http://bwht.org/back-bay-west/
Back Bay East: http://bwht.org/back-bay-east/
South End: http://bwht.org/south-end/
Chinatown: http://bwht.org/chinatown-south-cove/
Charlestown: http://bwht.org/charlestown/. (student)
Ladies Walk: http://bwht.org/ladies-walk/
A Herstory Trail designed in honor of the Boston Women’s Memorial and celebrating the lives of Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone and Phillis Wheatley.
Transportation Options
School Bus Availability:
No, our organization does not offer buses.
MBTA Accessibility :
Yes, our organization is MBTA accessible depending on the location of the walking tour.