Ayari Velázquez
Mexican writer
Mexican writer
Boston literary enthusiast, horticulturalist, and notable for her work at the Arnold Arboretum.
American poet
American educator
As the first Jewish woman to become a branch librarian in Massachusetts, Fanny Goldstein (1895-1961) was also collector and bibliographer of Judaica for the Boston Public Library.
Born in Mexico City, María Fernanda García Reyna studied graphic design at the Universidad Iberoamericana, and went on to work as a creative director with several national and transnational advertising agencies, earning awards and other recognitions in advertising.
Célia Bertin was recruited to help Allied aviators hidden in Occupied Paris because of her ability to speak English. In 1993 she published a study of women during this period, Femmes sous l’Occupation.
Beryl Robinson (1906-89) introduced storytelling to children in Boston Public Library branches all over the city in the 1940s and 1950s. Her stories came from many cultures. In 1958-59, she produced and told stories on public television.
Novelist Pauline Hopkins (1856-1930) edited The Colored American from 1900 to 1904; her goal was to publish a journal devoted to “the development of Afro-American art and literature.”
Author, critic, correspondent, and hostess to literary notables of her day