Mary Soo Hoo
Boston Chinatown activist
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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
Ednah Dow Cheney
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
Best known for her anti-slavery writings including Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs and A Letter to Mothers in Free States.
Elma Lewis
Founded the National Center for Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) in 1968 eighteen years after opening the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (ELSFA) in Boston
Emily Greene Balch
Balch won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for her indefatigable work for peace, in particular with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
Frances Stern
One of the first nutritionists in the United States.
Théroigne de Méricourt
A prosperous peasant who was inspired by the ideals of the Revolution, she found herself in Paris right before the fall of the Bastille. Having had numerous lovers and suffered the death of a child, she felt compelled to fight for the downtrodden.
Lilli Vincenz
German-American LGBTQIA+ rights activist