Dr Evelyn Abdalah Menconi
Lebanese-American cultural ambassador in Boston
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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.
Maud Cuney Hare
Concert pianist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and author; director and founder of the Allied Arts Center and author of Negro Musicians and Their Music, a comprehensive survey of African-American music, as well as an arts critic and specialist in Creole music.
Pauline Hopkins
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.”
Maria Susanna Cummins
Maria Cummins was a writer whose most popular novel, The Lamplighter, was published in 1854.
Mary Antin
Belarussian-American author and immigration rights activist.
Julie Herne
American playwright and screen writer. She worked for Paramount developing film scenes until about 1925 when she turned to writing for the stage.
Louise Chandler Moulton
Author, critic, correspondent, and hostess to literary notables of her day
Dorothy West
Harlem Renaissance novelist
Ednah Dow Cheney
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.