Saturday Evening Girls began as a reading group for high school-aged girls which met at the North Bennet Street Industrial School in Boston's North End, beginning in 1899. Organized to meet the needs of working class girls, the club sponsored activities such as folk dancing and drama, programs on literature, music, and art, as well as discussions of the social, political and economic problems of the day. Mrs. James Storrow subsidized their programs and in 1906 built a vacation house for the S.E.G. at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Mass. The club was supervised by librarian Edith Guerrier and Edith Brown, an artist and illustrator.
In the summer of 1907, Guerrier and Brown started a small experimental pottery with the goal of providing a vocation and a healthful, creative place to work for SEG members. Mrs. Storrow bought a building for them in 1908 in the shadow of the Old North Church, and the Paul Revere Pottery was born. The pottery sold widely but the business still required a subsidy, even after it moved to Brighton, Mass., to a house designed by Edith Brown. Following her death in 1932, work at the pottery continued until 1942 when financial constraints made it necessary to close. The club continued meeting until 1969.
From the description of Records, 1910-1991 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122561321
