Born: 22 September 1864, United States
Died: 12 November 1944
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Helen Osborne
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
Helen Storrow (1865-1944) funded the Saturday Evening Girls at North Bennet Street Industrial School, where young working-class Italian and Jewish immigrant girls were taught literacy skills, pottery, and other crafts in a culturally rich program.
This evolved into the Paul Revere Pottery and Library Clubhouse. Some of the pottery is now displayed in the Boston Public Library and Museum of Fine Arts. Storrow also championed playgrounds, the Girl Scouts, and sailing on the Charles, now known as Community Boating.