Muriel S. Snowden
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Muriel Sutherland Snowden (1916–1988) was the founder and co-director of Freedom House, a community improvement center in Roxbury, Massachusetts
.
She graduated from Radcliffe College
in 1938, and studied at the New York School of Social Work from 1943-1945.
She married Otto P. Snowden in 1944, and moved to Boston; they had a daughter Gail Snowden.
Freedom House was founded in 1949; they bought a building on Crawford Street, in 1952. In 1960, fire damaged the building; by 1961 the building was rebuilt.
She was executive director of the Cambridge Civic Unity Commission. She was a director of National Shawmut Bank of Boston. She was a trustee of Babson College
, and University of Massachusetts
.
A school, near Copley Square
, is named for her.
Her papers are held at Northeastern University.
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...
.
Life
She was raised in Glen Ridge, New JerseyGlen Ridge, New Jersey
Glen Ridge is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,527. In 2010, Glen Ridge was ranked as the 38th Best Place to live by New Jersey Monthly magazine....
She graduated from Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
in 1938, and studied at the New York School of Social Work from 1943-1945.
She married Otto P. Snowden in 1944, and moved to Boston; they had a daughter Gail Snowden.
Freedom House was founded in 1949; they bought a building on Crawford Street, in 1952. In 1960, fire damaged the building; by 1961 the building was rebuilt.
She was executive director of the Cambridge Civic Unity Commission. She was a director of National Shawmut Bank of Boston. She was a trustee of Babson College
Babson College
Babson College is a private business school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts near Boston.- History :Babson College was founded by Roger Babson on September 3, 1919, as the Babson Institute. It was renamed "Babson College" in 1969...
, and University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
This article relates to the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst...
.
A school, near Copley Square
Copley Square
Copley Square is a public square located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, named for the donor of the land on which it was developed. The square is named for John Singleton Copley, a famous portrait painter of the late 18th century and native of Boston. A bronze statue of...
, is named for her.
Her papers are held at Northeastern University.
External links
- Snowden International School
- "Reminiscences of Muriel S. Snowden", Columbia University