One of Boston's most popular tourist attractions is its Freedom Trail, which passes by the historic houses and meeting places of some of the nation's Founding Fathers -- but no founding mothers. Now the city's educators are rectifying this neglect of women in U.S. history by establishing a Women's Heritage Trail.
The first 20 women whose homes or workplaces will be marked by plaques include Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the words of The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Dorothea Dix, the 19th century social reformer; and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement. Even in Boston, these local...
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