Hilary B Price
American cartoonist whose innovative comic succeeds within the mainstream but also appeals to those who favor off-beat humor.
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Claire Chevrillon
After the increasingly harsh laws were imposed on Jewish citizens during WWII, she joined the resistance most notably encoding and decoding messages between the Free French in London and de Gaulle’s Paris delegation.
Mildred Albert
Founded Boston’s first finishing school, co-founded the Boston Arts Festival, and became the “First Lady of Fashion”.
Ruth Roman
20th century American actor
Marjem Chatterton
Structural engineer and pioneer in the then newly-emerging nations of Israel and Zimbabwe, as well as an early female engineer in her field.
Jennie Loitman Barron
The first full time woman judge in Massachusetts and the first woman judge on the Massachusetts Superior Court
Lina Frank Hecht
As one of Boston’s leading women philanthropists of the day
Mary Antin
Belarussian-American author and immigration rights activist.
Bashka Paeff
Russian-American artist known as the “subway sculptress” for creating clay models during her work as a toll collector
Frances Slanger
The first American nurse in the European Theater to be killed in combat during World War II.