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The Cambridge Women’s Commission is thrilled to launch our third and final tour of the Mapping Feminist Cambridge series, Harvard Square 1970s-1990s, with two free walking tours on Thursday, July 25, 6-8 p.m., and Sunday, August 11, 2-4 p.m.
Registration is required. Starting location will be provided upon Registration.
Throughout the 1970s to 1990s, Harvard Square activists organized around labor rights, housing justice, education, lesbian advocacy, music, poetry, and more. Come learn about women's entrepreneurship in the emerging hospitality sector and how many of the restaurants and inns from this era became long-standing establishments. Learn about the vibrant music scene in coffee houses and on street corners; discover feminist art tucked into alley ways; and learn how Cambridge youth were also making their mark. While organizing at Harvard University is included in this tour, the primary focus is on local grassroots activism and organizing.
Mapping Feminist Cambridge is a series of three historic tours focused on the feminist movement in Cambridge from the 1970s–1990s. From the takeover of 888 Memorial Drive, to the formation of the first domestic violence shelter on the East Coast, to one of the earliest feminist bookstores, to the home of one of the initial women's studies courses – Mapping Feminist Cambridge is a vibrant account of feminist organizing and politics. Each tour - Inman Square, Central Square, and Harvard Square - spans several organizations and provides context about the movement and its priorities including racial equity, reproductive health care and abortion access, women in film and print, healing for survivors, lesbian and bisexual visibility, political collectives, and so much more.
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