Salome Merritt
1800s American physician, suffragist and lecturer who also played an important role in the civic life of Boston.
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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.
Cordelia Harmon
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.
Clementina Poto Langone
She helped many Italian immigrants in Boston become citizens so they could be eligible for social security benefits and provided food and clothing to Italian people out of work
Charlotte Feibelman
Charlotte Feibelman (1868-1938) led Mt. Sinai Dispensary’s efforts to treat immigrants from 1903-1916, tackling crises like tuberculosis and the flu with innovative care.
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