Anna W. Spencer of East Greenwich was recently inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Her accomplishments are outlined here by East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society historian Rachel Peirce. Reprinted with permission of the East Greenwich Historic...
The month of March is Women’s History Month and so we are reprinting a couple of articles about EG’s own women’s history by Rachel Peirce that first appeared in the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society’s newsletter. This is the first one. Look for the second...
This article first appeared in the June EG Packet, the newsletter of the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society. In the sketch above, Everlin Smith. By Rachel Peirce One of the most remarkable women, in the entire country, lived and worked right here in East...