Retired Stanford history professor Dr. Estelle Freedman will discuss key aspects of the Sherborn Reformatory, a radical new institution run by women for women in the last quarter of the 19th century. Dr. Freedman is author of several important studies, including her superb books Their Sisters' Keepers, about turn of the 20th century women's prison reform, and Maternal Justice, a biography of Miriam Van Waters, the brilliant and controversial Reformatory superintendent in the 1930s-1950s and buried in our own Pine Hill Cemetery. 

This program is HYBRID.  Please register if you are planning to attend on Zoom to receive the link. 

In 2024 Sherborn will celebrate the 350th year since incorporation. Come celebrate Sherborn all year as we learn more about our history and look ahead with pride to our future. Each month the Library will host a program in conjunction with the 350th Committee. This program is sponsored by the Sherborn History Center.