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1. W.2004.3 - Toy

   Girl doll with headband. Made of cloth, wired joints, composition head which is pinned to body, blond hair/braids. 9 1/2" tall. No clothes.

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2. W.2019.5.1 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: "Peggy, a slave". From the series made by the women of First Parish Church United. Peggy was a servant of Joseph Hildreth, Jr. who lived on Hildreth St., near Flagg Road, she was baptized in Westford in 1732. (17.5" tall)

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3. W.2019.5.10 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Mary "May" Gertrude Balch. From the series made by the women of the First Parish Church United. May was a life long Parkerville native, she lived from 1875-1961. She graduated from Westford Academy and then from the Massachusetts Normal Art School of Boston. A prolific artist she wrote poetry, sketched, painted, and designed her own clothes. (18")

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4. W.2019.5.11 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Marian Frances Winnek. From the series by the women of First Parish Church United. Marian lived from 1883-1977. Born in Belmont, MA, she spent summers at Coldspring Farm in Westford. She wrote the book "Juniper Hill" about her family summers in Westford. At age 55 house at 24 Main St, she donated a children's room to the library and 30 acres of land to the town. (18")

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5. W.2019.5.12 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Emily McKniff. From the series by the women of First Parrish Church United. Emily lived from 1894-1987, born in England, she and her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was 14 and worked at the Abbot Worsted Co. In her later years at age 76-90 she lived with her niece, Helena McKniff Crocker. (17.5")

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6. W.2019.5.13 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Jean Downey. From the series by the women of the First Parish Church United. Jean (1925-2003) was born in Rocklane, IN on a dairy farm. She moved to Westford in 1967 when her husband George became minister of First Parish Church United. She was active in many activities including spearheading the Westford Women Doll Series. (17")

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7. W.2019.5.2 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Eldress Luch Prescott. From the series made by the women of First Parish Church United. Lucy lived from 1763-1845. At the age of 17 she attended a gathering led by Mother Ann Lee (founder of the Shaker movement ) with her mother and sisters. She became a Shaker in Harvard, at age 28 she became a Shaker Eldress in the first Maine Shaker Ministry in Alfred Maine. (18" tall)

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8. W.2019.5.3 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Olive Adams Prescott. From the series by the women of First Parish Church United. Olive lived from 1780 - 1860, she was born in Forge Village and married Abram Prescott, the brother of Lucy. Olive was a weaver, a skill she learned from her mother, many of her textiles are in the Essex Institute in Salem, MA. (18" tall)

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9. W.2019.5.4 - Doll

   Westford Women Doll: Sally Carver. From the series by the women of First Parish Church United. Sally lived from 1783 - 1837, a Westford native she ws the youngest to enter the first class at Westford Academy at age 9. Her father was a founder and trustee. (18.5" tall)

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10. W.2019.5.5 - Doll

    Westford Women Doll: Sarah Elizabeth Keyes. From the series by the women of First Parish Church United. Sarah was born on the 4th of July in 1839, she lived at the corner of Main St and Tadmuck Rd. A graduate of Westford Academy, she later moved to Kinston N.C. to teach freedmen. Sarah died in N.C. on June 5th 1866, her grave is in Maplewood Cemetery in Kinston. (17.5")

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11. W.2019.5.6 - Doll

    Westford Women Doll: Ellen Swallow. From the series made by the women of First Parish Church United. Ellen was born in Dunstable, her family moved to Westford so she could attend Westford Academy, she graduated in 1863. She went on to Vassar and MIT, Ellen was the first woman to receive a BS from MIT. She began the science of Oekology ( ecology ), founded the American Home Economics Assoc., and also what is now know as the American Association o...

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12. W.2019.5.7 - Doll

    Westford Women Doll: Emily Francis Fletcher. From the series made by the women of First Parish Church United. Emily was a Westford native, her family lived at 33 Main St. and ran a small general store. (40 Main St.). She later lived above the store. Emily entered Westford Academy at the age of ten, she became an accomplished taxidermist, and had a large botanical collection of dried specimens. (17.5")

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13. W.2019.5.8 - Doll

    Westford Women Doll: Mary Atwood. From the series made by the women of the First Parish Church United. Mary was born in Westford in 1860, she died in St. Petersburg, FL in 1951. She and three sisters lived at 4 Graniteville Road for many years. Mary played the organ at the Union Congregational Church, now the First Parish Church. (21")

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14. W.2019.5.9 - Doll

    Westford Women Doll: Nettie Maria Stevens. From the series made by the women of the First Parish Church United. Nettie (1861-1912) graduated from Westford Academy in 1880, she went on to receive her M.A. at Leland Stanford University i California, and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr. She was recognised for her extensive research on the relationship between chromosomes and heredity . (21")

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15. W.2019.9.1 - Doll

    A doll made by the Duchess Doll Corporation, design copyright 1848. Seven inches tall, auburn hair, blue blinking eyes, she is wearing a pink crocheted dress and hat with flowers for her hand. Her pink petticoat looks like a handmade addition. She belonged to Aurea Marcotte Rondeau. (7"x3"x2')

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