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Police raided the ironworks expecting ‘charred, grimy,’ degraded women, but this labor tale is more complicated

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge September 7, 2026

We mark Labor Day with the anniversary of an industrial raid that challenged notions of “suitable” work for women and the role of government in regulating working conditions.

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For 50 years that home economics was treated as a science, Harvard Square hosted a center for housewives

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge August 31, 2026

The idea of “specialists” trained to view household challenges in the same way as larger economic, political and social problems was a hallmark of the 1920s.

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The history of the future, predictions from the past, included a Cambridge with only 60,000 residents

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge June 29, 2026

A city of 60,000 people, “atomic factories,” women “of skirtly grace and draped modesty” and a much expanded MBTA were predicted at Cambridge anniversaries.

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Celebrating Kittie Knox, the Black cyclist who rode her way through the barriers of the 1800s

by Eric Cao June 19, 2026

Katherine T. “Kittie” Knox was a pioneering cyclist who challenged racial and gender barriers. MassBike celebrated her Friday with the fifth annual Kittie Knox ride.