A Berkshire County icon is one of two women to be honored with a bust in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber for the first time ...

At a time of immense change in the United States, Elizabeth Freeman served as a beacon of ... where she looked after the ...

She became a much sought-after nurse and midwife. Elizabeth Freeman died in 1829, a free woman, surrounded by her children and grandchildren in the free state of Massachusetts that she had helped ...

After slavery, she chose the name Elizabeth Freeman. She started getting paid ... which listed her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren by name. They requested birth certificates ...