Organizing Generosity: Centuries of Women Supporting Women in Salem
Sat, Mar 28
|Old Town Hall
On Saturday, March 28, Salem historian and author Donna Seger will present a lecture entitled Organizing Generosity: Centuries of Women Supporting Women in Salem. To RSVP, email organizinggenerosity@gmail.com or call Women’s Friends Society at 978-744-2137.
Time & Location
Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA 01970, USA
About the Event
On Saturday, March 28, at the Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square at 10 a.m., Salem historian and author Donna Seger will present a lecture entitled Organizing Generosity: Centuries of Women Supporting Women in Salem. Seger, a well-known author and Salem historian, will highlight how for centuries Salem women pioneered the custom of using philanthropic organizations to aid and assist the most vulnerable– a practice that continues to this day.
“Throughout history Salem women have organized to provide care and comfort of hundreds of people,” Seger said. “From the widows and orphans of Revolutionary soldiers and seamen lost at sea, refugees from shipwrecks and slavery, Civil War soldiers on the front, to the emigres, elderly, disabled or displaced; Salem women have been at the forefront through organized charities and organizations centuries before they had the right to vote.”
The March 28th lecture will also give the community a chance to…