Berty Albrecht
Berty Albrecht was passionate about family planning and better working conditions for women, and founded the feminist journal Le Problème Sexuel.
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Carol Tyler
Comic artist Carol Tyler came of age during the underground comix movement in San Francisco
Rose Standish Nichols
Rose Standish Nichols (1872-1964) was among the first well-known women landscape architects and a lifelong pacifist
Marjorie Drake Ross
Specialist on the decorative arts and author of The Book of Boston series, helped to acquire appropriate objects for the Gibson House and directed the cataloging of the collection.
Mary Sherkanowksi
Sisters Helen S. Rush (1900-1985) and Mary Sherkanowski (1902-1987) ran a boarding house at 22 Monument Square. They wrote about their adventures in the 1952 book “Rooms to Let”.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Harlem Renaissance poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor
Mildred Albert
Founded Boston’s first finishing school, co-founded the Boston Arts Festival, and became the “First Lady of Fashion”.
Nancy Gardner Prince
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
Pat Kelly
President of the Boston Culinary Historians and editor of their newsletter for over 20 years.
Sarah Morton
American poet and writer.