⭐️ Signatures from Historic Women!⭐ Boston, Cradle of Liberty

Description: This wonderful First Edition hardcover titled "Boston, Cradle of Liberty" by John Jennings was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1947. The author - a renowned historian and historical novelist - explores the history of Boston and its role in the American Revolution. This book highlights the significance of Boston as a building block for the nation the United States would become. He notes Boston as the vortex of the struggle for independence. Fortuitously, a wealth of Boston history is included within these pages beyond the author’s original intent. This copy is signed by members of the Sabina Burns Masonry, Province I: women who appear to have been enrolled in Boston University in the early to mid-1940s. Many went on to do prominent work in Massachusetts and the United States in the legal, military, and political fields. Signatures include: Florence K. Murray: the only female graduate from Boston University in the year 1942, and the recipient of the Silver Shingle Award. Florence became a high-ranking officer in the Women's Army Corps, the first female state senator in Rhode Island, the first female judge in Rhode Island, and the first female member of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She rose to the position of the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court as she served in the court for over 40 years. In 1980, she was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Adele E. Moroney: served the Democratic Party of Massachusetts. She spent many years as the Democratic Convention Delegate, strongly supporting female candidates. She paved the way for women in the Massachusetts legal field. After graduating in 1943, Adele worked for over 50 years in law. She was a founding director of the Grafton Land Trust. Adele served in the Business and Professional Women Association since 1948, where she was the legislative chairwoman and member of the by-law committee at the time of her death. Margaret E. Normandin: served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the early 1960s. She was a clerk to the Judiciary Committee and a chairperson of the New Hampshire Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Margaret served as a trustee to the Notre Dame College in Manchester and New Hampshire Catholic Charities. She served six years as a member of the college advisory committee of the New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Institute, and a past Board Member of the Easter Seals New Hampshire. These four noteworthy names are a mere glimpse of the full 45 signatures within this book, with a wealth of history to uncover behind each. They are women who led the march to empower and embolden others, much like the Boston revolutionaries John Jennings’ book is dedicated to. Yet another piece of historic memorabilia can be found within the book - before its pages are even numbered - where The Old Corner Bookstore’s sticker-label adorns a map of Boston (1722). Constructed in 1718, this is “Boston’s oldest commercial building and was home to the 19th-century publishing giant Ticknor and Fields, producer of many venerable American titles… Many of the great writers of the American Renaissance — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and many others — were first published here, and the first American editions of Charles Dickens works were issued from this building. In 1960, when the site was to be demolished for a new parking garage, a group of Bostonians, concerned about the impending loss of an important piece of the city’s architecture and heritage, formed the non-profit Historic Boston Incorporated (HBI) and pooled their resources and connections to acquire and restore the building for continued use as retail shops and commercial offices.” -The Freedom Trail. This copy of “Boston, Cradle of Liberty” is a surviving one-of-a-kind artifact documenting Boston and the States’ centuries-old history, with proof of its significance. The book has no writing within the pages beyond those pictured, no ownership labels beyond the sticker noted, and only minor cosmetic damage aside from that which is shown on the dustcover.

Price: 172.45 USD

Location: Alpena, Michigan

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