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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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.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Generous patron of up-and-coming artists and musicians—a tradition carried on by the Gardner Museum today
Lilla Cabot Perry
American painter
Bashka Paeff
Russian-American artist known as the “subway sculptress” for creating clay models during her work as a toll collector
Fern Cunningham
American sculptor
Anne Whitney
American sculptor who received prestigious commissions for monuments across the country.
Ana Golici
Romanian-American printmaker
Ann Telnaes
In 2001 Ann Telnaes became the second woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Adelaide Johnson
American sculptor and suffragist