Brookline High School

Edith Freedman “Edie”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Edith Freedman (“Edie”) among 219 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: headed for Smith or Wellesley; activities listed: French Club and Spanish Club; lived at 46 Abbotsford Road. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 40.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 42 more named Freedman

Full name: Edith Freedman
Known as: Edie
Lived at: 46 Abbotsford Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: College
Headed for: Smith or Wellesley
Ambition: “To do something well”
Pastime: “Driving”

Also searched as: Edie Freedman; Freedman, Edith.

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Clubs & teams 336
Neighbours 2
Same surname 41
Classmates 218

In context

Going through the Brookline High School class of 1927 from A to Z by surname, Edith is the 56th of 219 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 40, in the first third of the stretch from page 26 to page 81 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Edith runs through 7 classes of Brookline High School (1924 to 1931), 14 people in all. College or university was the plan of 65 of the 125 classmates who printed one (52%), and Edith is listed with “Smith or Wellesley”. 44% of those in the class of 1927 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 45% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Julia Anna Ford, Martin Richard Ford, Jessica Josephine Freedman
Same club	French Club: 64 other classmates
Same club	Spanish Club: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 65 of 125 classmates with a plan (52%)
Same course	College: 72 of 209 classmates with a course (34%)

At home, 46 Abbotsford Road

The 1928 city directory lists Edith Freedman with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Freedman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Bernice L Freedman, student lived herepage
Edith G Freedman, student lived herepage

The Freedman household is listed here in 1925 and 1931 too.

What Edith did at school

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What the yearbook said

Always the same — gentle and kind

Also grew up on Abbotsford Road

The class of 1927

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Others named Freedman

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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