Mutuo Soccorso: Boston's Italian Mutual Aid Societies in the early 1900s
When:
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 2:00p -
3:00p
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 2:00p -
3:00p
Where:
North End Branch of the Boston Public Library
25 Parmenter Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02113
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66b3b266df94f01b4a7046b8
Tim Devin's Mutuo Soccorso: Boston's Italian Mutual Aid Societies in the early 1900s.
In the early 1900s, there were over 150 Italian mutual aid societies in the Boston area. They provided Italian immigrants with much-needed social and material support, and quickly expanded to become visible forces in the local Italian community--hosting parades and public celebrations, and raising money for causes.
A hundred years later, these Italian mutual aid societies are all but forgotten--and were nothing more than vague family stories for author Tim Devin, whose ancestors were members of some of these societies. As mutual aid groups sprouted up again during the pandemic, Tim remembered his family's stories, and started doing some digging.
Join us on October 19, as Tim will talk about this almost-lost history, and his book "Mutuo Soccorso: Boston's Italian Mutual Aid Societies in the Early 1900s." Along the way, we will learn how these societies operated, where they came from, where they went--and where they went wrong.
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