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Helen Young Davis

Prominent African American business leader in Boston.

Marjorie Johnson

Marjorie Johnson (1915–2011), a trailblazer in funeral services, led Boston’s J.B. Johnson Funeral Home, earning accolades for her dedication to community and faith.

Dorothy Vaughan

The first African-American female supervisor of the NACA, advancing to become an expert in digital computers and their applications in NASA programs.

Kathryn Peddrew

Kathryn Peddrew spent over 40 years working for the NACA/NASA, mainly working in balance in the Instrument Research Division.

Mary Winston Jackson (1921–2005) successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations at NASA.

Blanche Woodson Braxton

In 1923, Blanche Woodson Braxton became the first African American woman to be admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. She later became the first African American woman admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court in the state.

Mary Mildred Williams

American abolitionist

Mary Evans Wilson

NAACP organizer and founder of the Women’s Service Club

Maud Cuney Hare

Concert pianist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and author; director and founder of the Allied Arts Center and author of Negro Musicians and Their Music, a comprehensive survey of African-American music, as well as an arts critic and specialist in Creole music.