Mary Yick
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.
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Helen Young Davis
Prominent African American business leader in Boston.
Marjorie Johnson
Marjorie Johnson (1915–2011), a trailblazer in funeral services, led Boston’s J.B. Johnson Funeral Home, earning accolades for her dedication to community and faith.
Mary Soo Hoo
Boston Chinatown activist
Edith Ban
Holocaust survivor, opened Cafe Budapest in Boston in 1959 and managed it until her death in 1988
Missouri T B Hanna
The “Mother of Journalism” in Washington.
Ruby Foo
Ruby Foo moved to Boston in 1923 where she began a single-room restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown. Its popularity quickly grew, and she opened Ruby Foo’s “Den” in 1929—heralded as the first Chinese restaurant to successfully cater to non-Chinese clientele.
Elizabeth Murray
1700s Scottish-American businesswoman and philanthropist
Toni Bullock
Pioneering funeral home owner, a WWII radio operator, and the youngest Black woman to earn an embalming license in Massachusetts.
Tommiejo Dixon
Tommiejo Dixon opened Ma Dixon’s in 1943, which is now a fixture of Boston’s food scene.