Donated her townhouse to the Harriet Tubman Crusaders, an African-American branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Boston, as a residence for African-American women who were excluded from the city’s college dormitories and respectable rooming houses.
Klotz’s most noteworthy costume design credits were for productions by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim, and 16 prodcutions with director Harold (Hal) Prince, including Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Show Boat (1994), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Pacific Overtures (1976), Grind (1985), and On the Twentieth Century (1978).
The New England Chinese Women’s Association, founded in 1942 by Chew Shee Chin, supported China relief and the Boston Chinese community during WWII.
Sallie R. Wagner was a photographer, author, weaver, and a benefactor and patron of dancer-choreographer Erick Hawkins and his dance company.
Textile artist Chio Tominaga (1883-1986) was originally from Kumamoto, Japan, and immigrated to the United States in 1912 as a picture bride.
Internationally acclaimed master weaver and fiber artist
Momo Nagano (1925-2010) was an artist renowned for her weaving and other textile works.
A prime example of entrepreneurial spirit, Susie Schmitt Hanson was a pioneer for Minnesota women in business. As the owner of one of Waconia’s longest-running businesses, she remains a prominent figure in the history of that town.
Best known for initiating the effort to free an enslaved woman named Eliza Winston in 1860, she weathered mob violence for her efforts. She rebuilt her home and business after the incident and lived in Minneapolis for the remainder of her life.
One of America’s foremost ceramic artists and a highly regarded teacher of ceramics. She was credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from craft to fine art.