News & Events
Meetings are open to the public. To join the society, please go here.
NEXT MEETING:
Open House with Keep Hyde Park Beautiful. Celebrate Earth Month - view our collection and pick-up a tree seedling. Saturday, Apr. 27, 2024. 10am - 2:00pm. All members of the public are welcome.
See the flyer.
NEW RESOURCES:
Women of Hyde Park - Boston Women's Heritage Trail. This walking guide highlights the location of the 1870 Women's march and vote, and the homes of seventeen Hyde Park women, among them suffragists, educators, abolitionists, authors, and businesswomen. View or download the PDF here.
Hyde Park Black History Pamphlet. View or download the PDF here.
Hyde Park Notable
- The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment were trained at Camp Meigs in Readville. The 54th was one of the first official African American units in the US armed forces, which saw extensive service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Read Camp Meigs and the 54th
- Hyde Park played an early role in the advancement of women’s voting rights, when in 1870, 47 Hyde Park women, led by the Grimke sisters, flouted the law of the land and voted in an election—50 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1919. Read 1870 Women's March and Vote