Emily Porter Fifield
Emily Porter Fifield (1838-1913) was the second woman ever elected to the Boston School Committee, where she served for 16 years.
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Lydia Mary Fay
Lydia Mary Fay was an American educator who supervised an Episcopal mission school in Shanghai almost continuously from 1851 until her death in 1878.
Martha Whiting
Boston’s Charlestown Female Seminary, established in 1831, educated notable women. Martha Whiting (1795-1853), it’s first headmistress, was a pioneer in female education and missionary work.
Jennie Warren Prentiss
Cleveland, Ohio educator
Jennie Tuttle Hobart
American political hostess
Jessie Redding Hull
American author and speech therapist, wrote and published books for children, youth and learning-disabled adults, as well as poetry.
Lia Purpura
American writer
Lucy Lincoln Drown
Superintendent of nurses at Boston City Hospital from 1885 to 1910.
Carmen de la Fuente
Mexican essayist, poet, playwright, and anthologist
Carolina Luna
Mexican storyteller who has taught workshops for the UAM and Conaculta and written educational radio scripts; she has also been in charge of editing, editorial reviews, and served as Head of Style Correction at FONCA (1999-2000).