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Colonial Trade Routes and Goods
1638

Enslavement Starts in Massachusetts

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1641

Massachusetts Is First Colony to Legalize Slavery

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Smallpox burial ground in Nobscot Scout Reservation
1706

Onesimus: Public Health Pioneer Against Smallpox

Health Care Systems
Black
Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick
1781

Two Court Cases Push For Abolition

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
156 Franklin Street: there is a small marker with a plaque, placed there by the Framingham Historical Society
1854

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison Burns US Constitution at Framingham Rally

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Women
Massachusetts State House interior, Senate Chambers
1861

MA General Law Chapter 115 Establishes Department of Veteran's Services

Economic
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Veterans
Artist Rendering of the Hospital Institution as seen in 1886.
1886

Westborough State Hospital Opens for Patients with Mental Illnesses

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Low Income
Uninsured
Veterans
Solomon Carter Fuller circa 1910
1905

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Returns to Work at Westborough State Hospital

Health Care Systems
Black
Ultrastructural details seen in the cell wall configuration of a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria
1916

Tuberculosis Demonstration in Framingham (1st CBPR Study in the World)

Built Environment
Education
Health Care Systems
Image of Framingham Children's Health Pandemic
1918

1918-1920 Flu Pandemic Impacts Framingham

Health Care Systems
Front page of the Worcester Telegram, October 19, 1924
1924

Largest New England KKK Gathering Ends in Violent Riot

Economic
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Irish
Italian
Cornelius Garland, M.D.; Founder of Plymouth Hospital
1929

Black Medical Professionals Are Finally Allowed to Work at Boston City Hospital

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Black
One of the main Mess Halls, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Mass
1944

Cushing Hospital Opens for Soldiers Wounded in WW2

Economic
Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Veterans
Protest for Fair Housing
1946

MA Fair Housing Law Passes

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Black
Framingham Heart Study physicians
1948

Framingham Heart Study Begins

Health Care Systems
Older Adults
Administration building from the terrace, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Mass.
1954

Cushing Hospital Begins Era of Elder Care

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Older Adults
Veterans
1959 Schematic of Water Fluoridation System (New York)
1959

Sudbury Residents Debate Merits of Municipal Water Fluoridation

Health Care Systems
Low Income
Bill Baird hands out contraceptive products to students at his 1967 BU lecture, shortly before he was arrested.
1966

MA Legalizes Birth Control for Married Women

Health Care Systems
Women
A History of Cushing Hospital 1943 -1991 Framingham, MA by Frederic A. Wallace, Author and Lisa Breslow Thompson, Designer
1977

“Pushing for Cushing” Movement Emerges

Health Care Systems
Disabilities
Low Income
Uninsured
Veterans
Northampton Hospital, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
1978

Northampton Consent Decree Expands Community Mental Health Programs

Health Care Systems
Disabilities
Six-striped LGBTQ pride flag—designed in 1979—the most popular version of the rainbow flag
1978

GLAD Established After Anti-Gay Police Sting

Health Care Systems
Social
LGBTQ
Cushing General Hospital
1982

Cushing’s Elder-Care Programs Gain National Recognition

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Disabilities
Veterans
Framingham boasting its role in heart health
1994

FHS Enrolls First Omni Cohort

Health Care Systems
Black
Brazilian
Edna Smith
2005

MetroWest Health Foundation Forms Disparities Committee

Health Care Systems
Social
Governor Baker outlines COVID-19 vaccination plans for state
2021

Framingham Receives Additional Vaccine Equity Resources

Health Care Systems
Michael Curry’s Opening Remarks at the Health Equity Trends Summit 2023
2022

Health Equity Compact Forms to Advance Reform

Health Care Systems
Uninsured
A doula (left) applying counter pressure to the pregnant person prior to labor.
2024

Doula Services Covered by MassHealth

Health Care Systems
Women