Part of the Summer 2023 Maritime Lecture Series!

During the 19th century, over forty sea captains' wives from the small community of Duxbury, Massachusetts, traveled aboard ships with their husbands, often with their children in tow. Join Historian Carolyn Ravenscroft as she shares her research and some of the fascinating, and sometimes harrowing, stories of these adventurous women.

Carolyn Ravenscroft received her BA in History from Northeastern University and both her Masters in History and in Library Science from Simmons University. She has been the Historian and Archivist at the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society for fourteen years. During that time, she has researched the town's vibrant history, from its colonial days to the present. 

Included in the four-lecture series package.