Chris McCue Potts

Medfield “Suffragists’ Picnic” Bolstered Women’s Movement

1800s, 1890s, 1900s, Medfield, Suffragist Movement /

Mar 1, 2024   On a 70-degree, late-summer day, under fair skies in 1875, Medfield hosted a “Woman Suffragists’ Picnic” in Curtis Grove, which was once a popular day resort located at the north end of Adams Street and current West Mill Street.   The picnic served as a convening of suffragettes from towns in the […]

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Award-winning Author Discusses Writing of Jane Bosfield Globe Piece

1900s, Discrimination, Medfield State Hospital /

Feb 1, 2024   A little over a year ago, Globe Magazine featured an in-depth article by award-winning author Dick Lehr about Jane Bosfield, a Black woman sporadically employed between 1915 to 1917 at the former Medfield State Hospital, and the media storm that resulted from her discrimination case. Lehr took some time to discuss his

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