Edith Brown
Librarian who co-founded Boston’s Paul Revere Pottery, which provided worthwhile employment for young North End Italian and Jewish women
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Labeebee Hanna Saquet
Served as a bridge between Arab Americans and the general public, beginning in 1930 when she directed Arabian Nights, a Boston Syrian Tercentenary celebration presented at Symphony Hall.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Generous patron of up-and-coming artists and musicians—a tradition carried on by the Gardner Museum today
Lilla Cabot Perry
American painter
Bashka Paeff
Russian-American artist known as the “subway sculptress” for creating clay models during her work as a toll collector
Fern Cunningham
American sculptor
Ana Golici
Romanian-American printmaker
Ann Telnaes
In 2001 Ann Telnaes became the second woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Anne Whitney
American sculptor who received prestigious commissions for monuments across the country.
Adelaide Johnson
American sculptor and suffragist