Downtown Crossing in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore
A Designated Boston Landmark
Elizabeth Peabody, the first female publisher in Boston, maintained a home and business here in the 1840s. Her bookshop was the first in the city to offer works by foreign authors, and she published the periodical The Dial with Ralph Waldo Emerson. The shop was a meeting place for transcendentalists and intellectuals, including Bronson Alcott, William Ellery Channing, and Theodore Parker. Journalist Margaret Fuller gave lectures here called "Conversations,” which were an important part of the early American feminist movement.
Erected by The Boston Landmarks Commission, City of Boston and The Bostonian Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Women.
Location. 42° 21.278′ N, 71° 3.728′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown Crossing. Marker is on West Street west of Washington Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02111, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Thomas Handasyd Perkins House, 1833-1854 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hull Mint (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Cathedral of St. Paul (about 400 feet away); Commodore John Barry (about 500 feet away); Samuel Adams House Site (about 500 feet away); The Lafayette Mall (about 500 feet away); Beginning of Jordan Marsh (about 500 feet away); Jordan Marsh (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
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