An illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Dorothy E. King
![Images: (top left) Bowl, created by the Paul Revere Pottery of Boston and decorated by Lillian "Lili" Shapiro (1894-1978), 1910. Earthenware and glaze. Gift of Martin K. Whyte and Alice Hogan, 2015. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum [2015. 31]; (right and bottom left). Saturday Evening Girls at the beach. Photo courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections at UMass Boston.](/media/seg-composite.jpg)
The Saturday Evening Girls (S.E.G.) was a progressive social club organized in Boston in 1899 to assimilate young immigrant women into American culture. The “girls” who took part in the group met on Saturday evenings and were introduced to literature, art and history. They were also given the opportunity to develop craft and business skills at the Paul Revere Pottery in North Boston. The bowl shown here is one such example of the skilled craftsmanship that came out of this social experiment. S.E.G. pottery is now very valuable and highly sought after. The S.E.G. is connected to Cape Ann through a summer camp that was built for the girls’ use at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester in 1906.
Dr. King, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State Harrisburg will be joined by Joanne Riley, archivist at UMASS Boston and Roz Kramer, daughter of pioneer Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) researcher Barbara Kramer for the lecture.
This program is $10 for CAM members / $20 for non-members (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. For more information, please email [email protected]. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Museum at 978-283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite.
Dr. Dorothy E. King, a native of York, Pennsylvania, holds an EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. King began conducting her research on the Saturday Evening Girls in 2013. In addition to being an educator, Dr. King is a performance poet, playwright, and founder of PenOwl Productions Theater Company.
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