Health Equity Timeline of MetroWest | Leverage The Power of Our Past

Colonial Trade Routes and Goods

Enslavement Starts in Massachusetts

Built Environment

Health Care Systems

Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Massachusetts Is First Colony to Legalize Slavery

Built Environment

Health Care Systems

Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick

Two Court Cases Push For Abolition

Built Environment

Health Care Systems

Petition of Edward J. Pompey and 104 others of Nantucket for Amendment of the Common School Law, Presented by J.M. Earle of Worcester, Jan. 16, 1845

Black Families Advocacy Pushes MA for Universal Access to Public Education

"Thirteenth Annual Announcement of the New England Female Medical College"

The First Female Medical College Established

Ceremony for National Head Start Day in the East Room of the White House, Washington, DC. Originally from White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 01/20/1969

Framingham Launches Six Head Start Classrooms

A letter from a resident of Wellesley, MA, who works in Boston to Mayor John F. Collins stating their hope that the mayor will show support for those who wish to abolish de facto segregation in Boston Public Schools

Wellesley Among First METCO Districts