Julia Ann Shelton was part of an influential Black family connected to local and national efforts to expand opportunities for African Americans after the Civil War, which brought her to the heights of the maritime community connecting San Francisco to the world.
Mary Yick (1933 – 2013), fondly called “The Dragon Lady”, opened the Tiki Hut in 1961. She served Cantonese and Polynesian fusion food and cocktails in Boston’s Chinatown.
Lebanese-American cultural ambassador in Boston
A successful and nonviolent strike of 8,000 women telephone operators in April 1919, led by Julia O’Connor, paralyzed telephone service in five New England states for six days.
Served as a bridge between Arab Americans and the general public, beginning in 1930 when she directed Arabian Nights, a Boston Syrian Tercentenary celebration presented at Symphony Hall.
Harriet Lawrence Hemenway (1858-1960) in 1896 founded the Massachusetts Audubon Society with her cousin, Minna Hall (1851-1941).
Mary Morton Kehew led the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union from 1892 until her death in 1919.
Suffragist and one of the principal founders of the National Women’s Trade Union League in 1903.
Mary Jane Safford (1834-1891), known as the “Cairo Angel,” was a nurse during the Civil War and later a physician and advocate for women’s health and suffrage. She taught at the Boston University School of Medicine.
American abolitionist