1.15: Rachel Revere at Work

07/08/20 • 8 min

Rachel Revere ran the Revere household for four decades, displaying a wide range of skills and talents in the process. Learn about the work that Rachel, and women like her in Boston, needed to undertake to run ever-expansive homes in the colonial era!

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This episode provides an introductory history for the Paul Revere House itself! The house is the oldest one in downtown Boston today, and has provided a home for all sorts of people since 1680. Learn about its early years, the different businesses that came out of the house in the 19th century, and when and how the house became a museum.

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1.16: Paul Revere's North End

Paul Revere was a life-long resident of Boston's North End, and some of his most prominent haunts are still scattered around the neighborhood today. Learn about Revere's hotspots and the changes that occurred in the neighborhood during his life and after!

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Revere House Radio - 1.15: Rachel Revere at Work

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Revere House Radio

Season 1 Episode 14

Rachel Revere at Work

Welcome to Revere House Radio, I’m your host, Adrienne Turnbull-Reilly. The COVID19 pandemic has forced many people to re-examine how they perceive work and home. For most people living in colonial Boston, the questions, anxieties, and struggles swirling around how to work from home would not have made a whole lot of sense. For many in the 18th centur