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

New England Female Medical College

The First Female Medical College Established

156 Franklin Street: there is a small marker with a plaque, placed there by the Framingham Historical Society

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison Burns US Constitution at Framingham Rally

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A mother comforts her child in 1908

Mother's Rest Association purchases property in Needham

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A graduating class of nurses from Plymouth Hospital and Nurses Training School, from a report printed in 1914. Boston, MA. (Courtesy Lisa Gordon)

Plymouth Hospital Opens as First and Only Black Hospital in MA

Admission ticket to the Massachusetts House of Representatives on June 25, 1919, the day the state officially ratified the 19th Amendment.

19th Amendment: Women in Massachusetts earn Full Voting Privileges

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Bill Baird hands out contraceptive products to students at his 1967 BU lecture, shortly before he was arrested.

MA Legalizes Birth Control for Married Women

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Framingham Eight Newspaper Clipping

Boston Globe Series Highlights the Framingham Eight

A doula (left) applying counter pressure to the pregnant person prior to labor.

Doula Services Covered by MassHealth

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