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Saturday Evening Girls

Air Date
June 25, 2024

In Boston in 1908, librarian Edith Guerrier and her friend and artist Edith Brown started a club for young women called Saturday Evening Girls. Mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant girls, the group met when they had free time — on Saturday evenings. As part of a settlement house, they read classics and performed theatricals but, most importantly, learned how to decorate pottery.

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About This Video

The pottery helped these women adjust to life in the United States and make their own money, eventually becoming an established business called Paul Revere Pottery. They produced some of the most beautiful examples of art pottery made in America and, in their later years, tried to involve Clara Ford in their venture. Join Curator of Decorative Arts Charles Sable for an insightful look at a little-known aspect of the Arts and Crafts Movement during this previously recorded Engaging Experts program.

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