Women’s History in Life & Death: A Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery

With Elizabeth Sacktor, Museum Educator, Historic Northampton

Join us for a walking tour of the Bridge Street Cemetery, where we’ll explore how Northampton has remembered women after their death.

Using gravestones to study women’s history, lets us understand which women Northampton has deemed worthy of remembering, and which are forgotten. The tour will visit the graves of 10 women buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, from 1776 to 1923, from early 18th century midwives, to the first Indigenous woman to attend Smith College.

Each woman has a story to tell, and through examining the grave itself and the material remnants of their lives, we will uncover these stories together.

The tour involves walking and standing for about an hour on uneven ground, so comfortable walking shoes are recommended.