2020 TOURS OF GIBBS IN BACK BAY
Saturday from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
April 25, May 16, June 20, July 18, September 15, October 24
There is no dress code! Wear comfortable shoes and bring water. Reserve your place now. 
90 Marlborough Street
Because Gibbs was known as an all female institution, the anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020 is the perfect time to learn about this world-renowned school.
Katharine Gibbs made sure that the campuses from Providence, Boston, New York, and beyond were in beautiful buildings in elegant parts of their cities. What could be more elegant than Back Bay?
Although free, attendance is limited to not more than twelve people. The tour is led by Rose A. Doherty, author of Katharine Gibbs: Beyond White Gloves, the first book about the history of Gibbs and its amazing entrepreneurial founder. Rose Doherty is former academic dean at Gibbs and former chair of the Gibbs College Boston Board of Trustees.
Please call (781) 449-3175 or write to reserve your place. We will meet at the right-hand statue in front of the Boston Public Library, Dartmouth Street, Copley Square.
Join me in a tour of the excellent sites of Gibbs in Back Bay from 1917 to 2011. Whether you are a graduate, a history buff, or someone who has heard about Gibbs for years and wants to know more, here is a great treat!
If you know of some place that would be good for a Gibbs talk, please write to me.
TALKS ABOUT GIBBS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT THE LISTED SITES.
IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTED VENUE, PLEASE CALL OR WRITE.
Waterstone at the Circle for residents and guests
History Camp Boston 2019, a history unconference at Suffolk University Law School
The College Club of Boston, the oldest women’s college club in the country, served as a dormitory for some Gibbs students.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston
History Camp, Boston 2018, Suffolk University Law School
Wellesley-Weston Lifetime Learning–Open to Members
General Israel Putnam Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Danvers, joined by the Cape Ann and Salem Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute at Salem State University
Salem Women’s History Day House of Seven Gables “Katharine Gibbs: Trailblazing Woman in Business”
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Massachusetts–Private Corporate Event
South Boston Historical Society, South Boston Branch Library, South Boston
Waterstone at Wellesley–Private Event
Boca Raton Public Library, Boca Raton
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, Regis College, Weston
Two and one-half month exhibit of Gibbs memorabilia and related philatelic material.
Jean Bates Pratt, 1939 graduate, with a 1939 Gibbsonian from the exhibit.
Graduates wore hats and gloves to the exhibit.
Canton Public Library, Canton
Canton chapter of the American Association of University Women
Local Authors’ Night, Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington
Center at the Heights, Needham
Brookline Adult & Community Education at Brookline High School, Brookline
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston
Wellesley Books, Wellesley
Rotary Club of Washington, DC, University Club, Washington,
Village of Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston
BookEnds Winchester, Winchester
Rotary Club of Needham, Needham
“The Business of Business Education” Kirstein Business Library, Boston Public Library
Wellesley Free Library, Local Author Series, Wellesley
Waterstone at Wellesley, Wellesley Hills
Wellesley Public Library Local Author Book Fair, Wellesley
Needham Free Public Library, Needham Heights
Rotary Club of Waltham, Waltham
Sippican Woman’s Club, Marion
Walpole Public Library, Walpole
Back Pages Books, Waltham