December 2022

Adapting to water rather than fighting it Boston prioritizes nature-based approaches to climate change

KATHY ABBOTT and JOE CHRISTO Oct 31, 2022 SHARE 6 TEN YEARS AGO, Superstorm Sandy – after ravaging the Caribbean and much of the East Coast of the United States – turned inward and exerted its full force on New York City and the surrounding region, leading to tens of billions of dollars in damages, …

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MARITIME WOMEN OF BOSTON: CANADIAN NURSES IN THE 1920 WOMEN’S VOTER REGISTERS

by Anna Boyles https://www.boston.gov/news/maritime-women-boston-canadian-nurses-1920-womens-voter-registers The 1880 United States Census reports that roughly fifty-percent of immigrants from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island settled in Massachusetts, while nearly thirty-percent of New Brunswick immigrants settled in the Bay State. Thus far, the Mary Eliza Project has discovered over 600 women from the Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova …

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