Sarah Roberts
Benjamin Roberts, an African American, sued the city of Boston in 1848 stating that his daughter Sarah Roberts was unlawfully refused entrance to five schools between her home and the Smith School.
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Salome Merritt
1800s American physician, suffragist and lecturer who also played an important role in the civic life of Boston.
Grace Lorch
President of the Boston Teachers Union and the first teacher to appeal the rule that teachers must resign if they got married.
Elizabeth Power
Elizabeth Power founded the Free Home for Consumptives (FHC), which provided care to people with tuberculosis regardless of means, nationality, race, or religion.
Mary Colbert
Mary Colbert (1890-1982) was a political activist for more than four decades and worked on JFK’s campaign.
Maude Trotter Steward
Assistant editor of The Guardian, a newspaper dedicated to civil rights
Mehitable Sunderland
Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Boston’s Hyde Park.
Minna Hall
In 1896, co-founded the Massachusetts Audubon Society
Nancy Gardner Prince
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
Pauline Durant
Co-founder of Wellesley College