Grace Lorch
President of the Boston Teachers Union and the first teacher to appeal the rule that teachers must resign if they got married.
President of the Boston Teachers Union and the first teacher to appeal the rule that teachers must resign if they got married.
Elizabeth Power founded the Free Home for Consumptives (FHC), which provided care to people with tuberculosis regardless of means, nationality, race, or religion.
Cordelia Harmon (1822-1883) co-founded The Boston Home in 1881 to aid those with physical illness and poverty. Her legacy continues today in the care of adults with neurological disorders.
Mary Colbert (1890-1982) was a political activist for more than four decades and worked on JFK’s campaign.
Assistant editor of The Guardian, a newspaper dedicated to civil rights
Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Boston’s Hyde Park.
In 1896, co-founded the Massachusetts Audubon Society
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
Co-founder of Wellesley College
Rose Standish Nichols (1872-1964) was among the first well-known women landscape architects and a lifelong pacifist