Josephine McCluskey
Boston dressmaker
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Julia O Henson
Donated her townhouse to the Harriet Tubman Crusaders, an African-American branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Boston, as a residence for African-American women who were excluded from the city’s college dormitories and respectable rooming houses.
Mildred Albert
Founded Boston’s first finishing school, co-founded the Boston Arts Festival, and became the “First Lady of Fashion”.
Sarah Colby
Sarah Colby (1786-1862) ran a millinery shop in Boston
Ellen Hartnett
Rose from being a millinery worker in 1860 to a shop owner with capital twenty-five years later.
Cheryl Linn Glass
Cheryl Linn Glass was the first African American female professional race-car driver in the United States.
Emiko Nakano
Nisei painter, printer and freelance fashion illustrator
Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmeen Ghauri has since paved the way for women of color in the modelling industry.
Alice Casneau
A successful dressmaker and clubwoman, Alice Casneau had an active professional and public life in Boston during the turn of the 20th century.
Serena Williams
Considered the greatest women’s tennis player of all time, and perhaps the greatest athlete of all time, Serena Williams has revolutionized women’s tennis since the 1990s.