Revolutionary Women in Weymouth, 27 Mar.

On Thursday, 27 March, the Abigail Adams Historical Society in Weymouth will host a panel discussion of “Revolutionary Women: Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Judith Sargent Murray.”

All three of those women came from upper-class families in eastern Massachusetts and became known for the words they left (though Adams, unlike the others, never published a book in her lifetime).

The panelists will be:

• Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation.
• Bonnie Hurd Smith, editor and publisher of the correspondence of Judith Sargent Murray (who’s shown here, courtesy of the National Women’s History Museum).
• Sara Georgini, Assistant Editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

The moderator will be Michelle Marchetti Coughlin, author of One Colonial Woman’s World: The Life and Writings of Mehetabel Chandler Coit. Coughlin is also a board member of the Abigail Adams Historical Society, which recently completed the exterior renovation of the house where Adams was born and is now evaluating and restoring artifacts in its collection.

This discussion will last from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. in the Council Chamber of the Weymouth Town Hall, 75 Middle Street. Admission is $15 per person, $10 for A.A.H.S. members, at the door.