1918The first woman to work as a pharmacist in Massachusetts was Nellie Bass of Gloucester.People and Communities, Notable People, Women's History

Foster & Co. listed in the 1919-1920 City Directory. Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) City Directory. Gloucester (Mass.), 1919. http://archive.org/details/gloucesteressexc1919unse.

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After his father’s death, Fred Foster returned home to Lanesville to work at the family pharmacy, Foster & Co. He asked his cousin Nellie Bass, the first female pharmacist in Massachusetts, to join him.

Erkkila, Barbara H. Village at Lane’s Cove. Ten Pound Island Book Co., 1989.

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Gloucester resident Lucy MacDonald traveled to Paris, France to work at the American Field Service headquarters during WWI.
1918
Childe Hassam visited Cape Ann and focused on Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Middle Street as a symbol of patriotism.
1918
Art collector and philanthropist, Isabella Stewart Gardner rented Dabsville member Caroline Sinkler's home on Eastern Point for the summer of 1918.
1918
Gloucester's WWI aviator Eric Lingard flew the first plane to defend American shores from a German U-Boat attack.

1918The first woman to work as a pharmacist in Massachusetts was Nellie Bass of Gloucester.People and Communities, Notable People, Women's History

Other Events

Gloucester resident Lucy MacDonald traveled to Paris, France to work at the American Field Service headquarters during WWI.

Childe Hassam visited Cape Ann and focused on Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Middle Street as a symbol of patriotism.

Art collector and philanthropist, Isabella Stewart Gardner rented Dabsville member Caroline Sinkler's home on Eastern Point for the summer of 1918.

Gloucester's WWI aviator Eric Lingard flew the first plane to defend American shores from a German U-Boat attack.