Community Corner
Eighth Week - Tuesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"While education in Medfield started early in the town’s settlement; 1655 Ralph Wheelock began teaching out of his home and the first school building was completed in 1666, education was generally only for boys. The first female teacher employed by the town was Experience Adams, who kept a school for girls in 1699 on the west side of the Charles River, now Millis. This became known as a “dame school.’ The curriculum featured a little book-learning but mostly handiwork was taught. The school generally focused on the four R's of education—Riting, Reading, Rithmetic, and Religion. The girls also learned sewing, embroidery and housekeeping."
