Pauline Bromberg

Bromberg was a prominent community leader and a Boston teacher who headed the BPS Department of Physical Education for thirty-six years.

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Chase Going Woodhouse

Chase Going Woodhouse, an economics professor-turned-politician, served for two nonconsecutive terms in the US House of Representatives, representing a competitive district spanning eastern Connecticut.

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Alice M Jordan

Women pioneered children’s services at the Boston Public Library. Alice M. Jordan (1870-1960) was the first Supervisor of Work with Children, serving from 1900 to 1940.

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