Edith Brown

Librarian who co-founded Boston’s Paul Revere Pottery, which provided worthwhile employment for young North End Italian and Jewish women

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Edith Guerrier

Artist who co-founded Boston’s Paul Revere Pottery, which provided worthwhile employment for young North End Italian and Jewish women

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E Alice Taylor

Beautician and community activist, formed the Boston unit of the Housewives League with Geneva Arrington and E. Alice Taylor.

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Margarita Muñiz

Margarita Muñiz (1950-2011) worked in Boston Public Schools for 39 years, 30 of them as the principal of the Rafael Hernandez School, the premier dual language school in Massachusetts.

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Labeebee Hanna Saquet

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.

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Dr Mary Safford-Blake

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.

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