Born: 30 May 1896, United States
Died: 20 April 1964
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Clementina Maria Anna Poto
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
As a child, she helped pack Italian food products to send west to Italian immigrants working on the transcontinental railroads. The grocery store was on the first floor with living quarters upstairs. When Clementine married Joseph Langone, Jr. in 1920, she moved next door to 190 North Street. In the 1930s, after her husband was elected to public office, she helped many Italian immigrants become citizens so they could be eligible for social security benefits and provided food and clothing to Italian people out of work. She was an active member of the North End Union.