Eliza Clapp

Eliza Clapp (1811-1888) was a prominent member of the Transcendentalist movement in 19th century New England and a poet and author.

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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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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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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.

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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.”

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