Stories from Acton

Teacher Ella Miller's commute to work involved evolving challenges over her long career in the Acton schools.

Ella Miller and her family left behind a treasure trove of information & photos from their years in North Acton and Acton center.

After decades of struggle, Acton women were finally allowed full voting rights in 1920.

Charles Heywood, railroad executive, inventor and owner of 2 Acton mills, and wife Ann were philanthropists.

Profiles of the six South Acton women who were the first female voters registered in Acton.

Clara (Hapgood) Nash, the first woman admitted to the bar in New England, was also an Acton teacher and poet.

Painter Annie (Hardy) Payson lived in Acton with her husband Arthur and sons Aurin, and Arthur Hardy from about 1904-1914. She not only painted but also taught painting in town.

"Five brave ladies" from South Acton registered to vote in 1895