Anna Lapera

A Pushcart Prize nominee, she teaches middle school by day and writes stories about spunky kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning.

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Katharine Gibbs

Katharine Gibbs founded her first business school for women in Providence, Rhode Island, and opened a Boston branch on Huntington Avenue six years later.

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Lucinda W Prince

The Prince School of Education for Store Service developed out of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. Founded in 1905 by Lucinda W. Prince (1862-1935), the program became so popular that Prince soon teamed up with Simmons College to offer teaching training courses for her instructors.

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Angeline Boulley

Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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Caroline Orr

Caroline “Orrie” Orr (1910-1982) and Grace Flynn (1918-2012), leaders at Trinity Neighborhood House, inspired East Boston youth through nature, arts, and community service.

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