Florence Violet McKenzie
Australia’s first female electrical engineer, founder of a telegraphy school and initiator of the WRANS.
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E Alice Taylor
Beautician and community activist, formed the Boston unit of the Housewives League with Geneva Arrington and E. Alice Taylor.
Mary Yick
Mary Yick (1933 – 2013), fondly called “The Dragon Lady”, opened the Tiki Hut in 1961. She served Cantonese and Polynesian fusion food and cocktails in Boston’s Chinatown.
Helen Young Davis
Prominent African American business leader in Boston.
Marjorie Johnson
Marjorie Johnson (1915–2011), a trailblazer in funeral services, led Boston’s J.B. Johnson Funeral Home, earning accolades for her dedication to community and faith.
Mary Soo Hoo
Boston Chinatown activist
Edith Ban
Holocaust survivor, opened Cafe Budapest in Boston in 1959 and managed it until her death in 1988
Elizabeth Murray
1700s Scottish-American businesswoman and philanthropist
Toni Bullock
Pioneering funeral home owner, a WWII radio operator, and the youngest Black woman to earn an embalming license in Massachusetts.
Tommiejo Dixon
Tommiejo Dixon opened Ma Dixon’s in 1943, which is now a fixture of Boston’s food scene.