Sarah Lawrence (1879)

Born 22 Mar 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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In 1906, former debutante Sarah Lawrence Slattery established the Sewing Circle League, a charity group based from her sewing circle of upper-class Boston women. By 1912, the Sewing Circle League had 160 members and was engaged with over 50 charitable organizations. On October 25, 1916, the group voted to change its name to “The Junior League of Boston” and became the second Junior League in the United States.^[1]

“By the 1922-1923 winter season, 290 Marlborough was the home of Rt. Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery and his wife, Sarah (Lawrence) Slattery. They had married in November of 1923, and 290 Marlborough was their first home together. Charles Slattery was Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor of Massachusetts; in 1927, he succeeded his father-in-law, William Lawrence, as Bishop of Massachusetts when Bishop Lawrence retired. ... Charles and Sarah Slattery continued to live at 290 Marlborough during the 1928-1929 winter season, but moved thereafter to 175 Beacon.”^[2]. On March 20, 1929, 175 Beacon was purchased from Honora Minot by Sarah (Lawrence) Slattery, the wife of Rt. Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery. They previously had lived at 290 Marlborough.^[3]

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1. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_League_of_Boston
2. ↑ https://backbayhouses.org/290-marlborough/ Genealogies of Back Bay Houses
3. ↑ https://backbayhouses.org/175-beacon/#CLSlattery
4. ↑ Lawrence-8386 was created by LS Lawrence through the import of WikiTree JL07 1.6.ged on Apr 7, 2017. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.