Belle de Costa Greene
The first half of the 20th century saw Greene rise as a top expert in the rare book world as librarian and first director of the Morgan Library and Museum.
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Pearl Primus
Dancer, choreographer and anthropologist
Sarah Roberts
Benjamin Roberts, an African American, sued the city of Boston in 1848 stating that his daughter Sarah Roberts was unlawfully refused entrance to five schools between her home and the Smith School.
Cora Reid McKerrow
Ran Boston’s Reid Funeral Home for decades
Maude Trotter Steward
Assistant editor of The Guardian, a newspaper dedicated to civil rights
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Harlem Renaissance poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor
Nancy Gardner Prince
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
Ruth Batson
A former director of the Museum of African American History, Ruth Batson (1921-2003) was chairperson of the education committee of Boston NAACP that led the fight in the early 1960s against segregation in the Boston Public Schools.
Suzanne Revaleon Green
Boston women teacher who successfully challenged the 1880s School Committee regulation that women resign upon marriage
Virginia Isaacs
Virginia Isaacs Trotter (1842-1919) managed her family’s real estate in Hyde Park and supported her son Monroe, who established the Boston Guardian. She was a leading voice in early civil rights.