Illustration: "The Boston Massacre" (1770) as depicted in a colored engraving by Paul Revere. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 (accession no. 10.125.103); www.metmuseum.org.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 17, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series about women in colonial America with Part 2 of Mary Jackson and her son William’s story... (Read More)

Illustration: a depiction of the Old State House, c. 1801. The Brazen Head was located nearby in the adjacent square. Credit: James Brown Marston; Wikimedia Commons.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston

By Melissa Berry on August 10, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Mary Jackson, one of the women in colonial America who ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

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