Saturday Evening Girls
Saturday Evening Girls working in the Paul Revere Pottery in Boston. House Beautiful, June 1912. | |
| Formation | 1899 |
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| Founder | Edith Guerrier |
| Founded at | North Bennet Street Industrial School |
| Dissolved | 1969 |
| Type | Reading group |
| Location |
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Region | North End |
| Leader | Edith Guerrier |
Main organ | S. E. G. News |
The Saturday Evening Girls club (1899–1969) was a Progressive Era reading group for young immigrant women in Boston's North End. The club hosted educational discussions and lectures as well as social events, published a newspaper called the S. E. G. News, and operated the acclaimed Paul Revere Pottery. Financed by philanthropist Helen Storrow and run by librarian Edith Guerrier and her partner, artist Edith Brown, the club originated at the North Bennet Street Industrial School (NBSIS), a community charity building that provided educational opportunities and vocational training. Meetings were later held at the Library Club House at 18 Hull Street. Storrow also provided a house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where club members could vacation in the summer.