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“Hear Us” — Honoring Women’s Contributions
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
African Meeting House
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Angelina and Sarah Grimké; Dorothea Dix
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Anna Bobbitt Gardner Academy of Musical Arts
South End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Anne Hutchinson Statue
Beacon Hill
•
17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Anne Whitney’s Art Studio
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Annie Adams Fields’ House Site
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Beethoven Elementary School
West Roxbury
•
20th Century
Education
Betsey Draper
West Roxbury
•
18th Century
Education
Birth Place of Sylvia Plath
Jamaica Plain
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Birthplace of Jane Franklin Mecom (and Benjamin Franklin)
Downtown
•
18th Century
Business
Boston Ballet
South End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Center for Adult Education
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Center for the Arts
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Culinary Historians: Patricia Kelly
Allston/Brighton
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Opera House
Downtown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Public Library
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston School Committeewomen (Old City Hall)
Downtown
•
19th Century
Education
Boston Women’s Memorial
Back Bay
•
21st Century
Arts & Culture
Boston Women’s Trade Union League
Downtown
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Boston YWCA
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Boston’s First Public Playground
North End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Brook Farm
West Roxbury
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Brooke Charter School of Mattapan (Hebrew Children’s Home – Hecht House)
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
Cafe Budapest: Edith Ban
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Business
Cathedral High School and St. Helena’s House
South End
•
20th Century
Education
Cedar Grove Cemetery—Home for Aged Colored Women Gravesites
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Charlestown Female Seminary
Charlestown
•
19th Century
Education
Charlestown Public Library
Charlestown
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Charlotte Feibelman and the Mt. Sinai Dispensary
West End
•
20th Century
Medicine
Chauncy Hall: Suffrage Activity Hub
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Chester Square
South End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Childhood home Alice Bradley
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Education
Childhood home Gladys Edson Locke
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Childhood home of Elisabeth Ogilvie
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Childhood home of Julie and Chrystal Herne
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Childhood home of Pauline Frederick
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Childhood Home of Sarah-Ann Shaw
Roxbury
•
21st Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Chinatown Community Mural: Unity and Community
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Church of the Covenant
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Religion
City Hall (Brattle Square)
Downtown
•
18th Century
Government & Public Service
Clifton Factory & Amanda Melvina Lougee
Hyde Park
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Commonwealth Ave Statues
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Corner of State and Kilby Streets
Downtown
•
18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Donald McKay House: Home of Albenia Martha Boole
East Boston
•
19th Century
Business
Dorcas ye (the) Blackmore and First Parish Church
Dorchester
•
17th Century
Religion
Dorchester North Burying Ground: Ann & Betty
Dorchester
•
18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Dorchester Pottery Works: Ethel Hill Henderson
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Business
DotHouse: Caroline Callender
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, New England Hospital for Women and Children
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Medicine
Dress Reform Parlors and Milliners
Downtown
•
19th Century
Business
East Boston High School
East Boston
•
20th Century
Education
Edmonia Lewis Studio
Downtown
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Elizabeth Peabody Book Shop
Downtown
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Ellen Swallow Richards House
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Education
Exeter Street Theater
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Federal Street Church
Downtown
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Federal Street Theatre
Downtown
•
18th Century
Arts & Culture
First English-language Kindergarten
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Education
First Woman in the Massachusetts Bar Association
Downtown
•
20th Century
Business
Fisher College
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
Former Home for Aged Colored Women
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Former Home of Annie Londonderry
West End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Home of Elizabeth Hedge Webster
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Former Home of Hannah Glidden Myrick
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Former Home of Hepzibah Clarke Swan
Dorchester
•
18th Century
Philanthropy
Former Home of Julia Knowlton Dyer
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
Former Home of Maria Susanna Cummins
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Home of Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton
Dorchester
•
18th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Home of Senda Berenson
West End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Home of Susan Charter Humphrey
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Business
Former Home of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Science & Technology
Former site of Baker Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Business
Former Site of Gibbs College
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
Former Site of Girls’ High and Girls’ Latin School
South End
•
19th Century
Education
Former Site of Hancock House
Beacon Hill
•
18th Century
Government & Public Service
Former Site of Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Former Site of Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery: Fannie Farmer
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Site of Nicole’s: Maria Pace Barker
North End
•
20th Century
Business
Former Site of the Lebanese-Syrian Ladies’ Aid Society
South End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Former Site of Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Formerly Bullock Funeral Homes
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Business
Formerly Site of Dorchester Woman’s Club
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
Frances Perkins’ Birthplace
South End
•
20th Century
Government & Public Service
Frances Stern Nutrition Center
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Medicine
Franklin Square House
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Free Home for Consumptives: Elizabeth A. Power
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Medicine
Freedom House
Roxbury
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
French Cultural Center
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Gibson House Museum
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Granary Burying Ground
Downtown
•
17th Century
Arts & Culture
Guild of Boston Artists
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Hannah Davis Richards
West Roxbury
•
18th Century
Arts & Culture
Harriet Tubman Memorial
South End
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Harriet Tubman Rooming House Site
South End
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Hebrew Industrial School
North End
•
19th Century
Education
High School of Practical Arts and Girls High
Roxbury
•
20th Century
Education
Home and Office of Jessie Gideon Garnett
Roxbury
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home and Office: Dr. Lucy Sewall, Dr. Susan Dimock
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Amy Beach
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Amy Brooks
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Angelina Weld Grimké
Hyde Park
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Anna Clapp Harris Smith
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Anna Quincy Churchill
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Annie Frasier Norton
East Boston
•
20th Century
Government & Public Service
Home of Annie McKay
South End
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Artists Charlotte C. and Sarah Jane Frances Johnston
Dorchester
•
Arts & Culture
Home of Bashka Paeff
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Betty Gram Swing
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Charlotte Cushman
Charlestown
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Charlotte Fellman
Hyde Park
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Cordelia A. Payson
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Corita Kent
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Dr. Isabel Barrows
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Dr. Marion Corleto Sabia
East Boston
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Dr. Marion Nute
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Dr. Mary Safford-Blake
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Ednah Dow Cheney
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Elida Rumsey Fowle
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Eliza Ball Hughes
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Eliza Thayer Clapp
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Elizabeth Kearney Blood
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Elizabeth MacLean Smith
Charlestown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Elizabeth Stanton Chadbourne
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Business
Home of Ella Frances Neale Boyd
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Ellen Swepson Jackson
Roxbury
•
20th Century
Education
Home of Elsie Phelan
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Emily Anna Porter Fifield
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Emily Green Balch
Jamaica Plain
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Estella Crosby
South End
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Ethel Lennox
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Ethel Rowland Flynn
East Boston
•
20th Century
Business
Home of Fanny Mason
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Frances C. Kissell
Dorchester
•
21st Century
Government & Public Service
Home of Freida Bethmann
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Geraldine Pindell Trotter
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Gladys A. Moore Perdue
South End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Grace Lonergan
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Education
Home of Grace Nies Fletcher
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Harriet Hayden
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Harriet Hemenway
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Harriette Woods
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Harriot S. Curtis and Margaret Curtis
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Medicine
Home of Helen Johns Carrol
East Boston
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Helen Morton
South End
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Hepzibah Clarke Swan and Julia Ward Howe
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Isabella Stuart Gardner
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
Home of Josephine Preston Peabody
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Judith Winsor Smith
East Boston
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Julia Harrington Duff
Charlestown
•
20th Century
Education
Home of Julia Ward Howe
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Kittie Knox
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Louisa May Alcott
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Louise Chandler Moulton
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Louise Purington
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Lucretia Crocker
South End
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Lucy Anne Kirk
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Lucy Stone
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Margaret Deland
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Margaret Fuller
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Maria Miller Stewart
West End
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Marie Zakrzewska
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Martha Dana Shepard
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Martha R. May and Descendents
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Mary Colbert
Charlestown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Mary Emilda Curley
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Government & Public Service
Home of Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Mary Mildred Williams
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Mary Whitmarsh
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Business
Home of Maud Cuney Hare
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Mehitable Ewins Sunderland
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Mother Mary Joseph Rogers
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Religion
Home of Olive Gertrude Homans
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Medicine
Home of Rose Finkelstein Norwood
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
Home of Rose Lok
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Rose Nichols and Nichols House Museum
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Rose Pitonof
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Ruth Mowry Brown
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Education
Home of Sarah Choate Sears
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Sophie Tucker
North End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Susan Paul
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susan Snowden
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susan Walker FitzGerald
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susie King Taylor
South End
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Sylvia Plath
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of the Kennedy Matriarchs
East Boston
•
20th Century
Government & Public Service
Home of Virginia Isaacs Trotter
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home Roxana Hayward Vivian
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Education
Hyde Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Hyde Park
•
19th Century
Education
Industrial School for Girls
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Irish Famine Memorial
Downtown
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Jeremiah E. Burke High School
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Julia Oliver O’Neil: Easter Parade
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Junior League of Boston
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Kip Tiernan Memorial
Back Bay
•
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Kit Clark Senior Services
Dorchester
•
21st Century
Government & Public Service
Loring Greenough House: The Tuesday Club
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Louisa May Alcott School
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Lucy Stone Chapel
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Ma Dixon’s Restaurant: Tommiejo Dixon
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Business
Margarita Muñiz Academy
Jamaica Plain
•
20th Century
Education
Mariners House
North End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Marker at Home Site of Zipporah Potter Atkins
North End
•
17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Chilton Winslow
Downtown
•
17th Century
Government & Public Service
Mary Dyer Statue
Beacon Hill
•
17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Soo Hoo Park
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Business
Maryknoll Sisters
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Religion
Massachusett Women: Pre-contact (Before 1492)
Downtown
•
17th Century
Arts & Culture
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Medicine
Massachusetts Metaphysical College
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Downtown
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Maverick Street Mothers
East Boston
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Melnea Cass House
Roxbury
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Meridian House
East Boston
•
20th Century
Medicine
Mildred Davenport’s Silver Box Studio
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
Millennium Park
West Roxbury
•
20th Century
Government & Public Service
Monument Square House
Charlestown
•
21st Century
Business
Mothers for Adequate Welfare
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Muriel Snowden International High School
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
Museum of African American History and Abiel Smith School
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Museum of Natural History
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Science & Technology
Myrna Vazquez and Villa Victoria Center
South End
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Neponset Drying Works Fire
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Business
New England Chinese Women’s Association
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
New England Female Medical College
South End
•
19th Century
Education
North Bennet Street School
North End
•
19th Century
Education
Notable Women of Boston Mural
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Nurses Hall
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Medicine
Office of Salome Merritt
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Medicine
Old Corner Bookstore
Downtown
•
17th Century
Business
Old South Meeting House
Downtown
•
18th Century
Religion
Old State House
Downtown
•
18th Century
Business
Old West Church (Fanny Goldstein)
West End
•
19th Century
Education
Original site of the School of Fashion Design
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
Original site of The Winsor School, Schools for Girls
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Education
Park Square: Women Editors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Paul Revere Pottery and Library Clubhouse
North End
•
20th Century
Arts & Culture
Phillips School
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Phillis Wheatley Landing Place
Chinatown
•
18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Plaques to North End Women
North End
•
17th Century
Arts & Culture
Poto Family Grocery Store
North End
•
19th Century
Business
Prison Special at the Wilbur Theatre
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Protest Meetings and Faneuil Hall
Downtown
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Quincy School
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Education
Reid Funeral Home
South End
•
20th Century
Business
Rice School
South End
•
19th Century
Education
Rogers Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Back Bay
•
19th Century
Education
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Birthplace
North End
•
20th Century
Government & Public Service
Rose Kennedy Greenway
North End
•
19th Century
Government & Public Service
Ruby Foo’s Den
Chinatown
•
20th Century
Business
Ruffin Family Home
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Saunders and Beach Academy
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Education
Shop of Sarah Colby
Charlestown
•
19th Century
Business
Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work: Pioneering Social Work Education
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
Site of Boffin’s Bower
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
Site of Denison House
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Site of Pauline Agassiz Shaw’s First Kindergarten
Jamaica Plain
•
19th Century
Education
Site of Portia School of Law
Beacon Hill
•
20th Century
Education
Site of the Three Cranes Tavern: Zipporah
Charlestown
•
18th Century
Women Feeding Boston
Site of YWCA “Working Girls Home”
Chinatown
•
19th Century
Philanthropy
South End House and Children’s Art Centre
South End
•
19th Century
Arts & Culture
South End House Site
South End
•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
St. Margaret’s Convent
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Medicine
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children
Dorchester
•
20th Century
Medicine
The Boston Athenæum
Downtown
•
19th Century
Education
The Boston Home
Dorchester
•
19th Century
Medicine
The College Club
Back Bay
•
20th Century
Education
The Copley Society of Art
Back Bay
•
19th Century
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East Boston
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Downtown
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Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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South End
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Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Massachusetts State House
Beacon Hill
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Government & Public Service
The Museum of NCAAA
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Old Telephone Exchange
Chinatown
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20th Century
Arts & Culture
The Orpheum Theatre
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Parkman Bandstand
Downtown
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Paul Revere House
North End
•
18th Century
Business
The Public Garden and Fountains by Women Sculptors
Back Bay
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19th Century
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The Society of Arts and Crafts
Back Bay
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19th Century
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The Tiki Hut: Mary Yick
Chinatown
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Tontine Crescent
Downtown
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18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Trotter School
Roxbury
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19th Century
Education
The Vilna Shul
Beacon Hill
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20th Century
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The Vincent Club
Back Bay
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19th Century
Medicine
The Women’s Service Club of Boston
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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West Roxbury
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Tremont Temple Women Lecturers
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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Back Bay
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19th Century
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Trinity House
East Boston
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20th Century
Education
Union United Methodist Church
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
US Servicewomen: Grace Hopper & Florence Johnson
Charlestown
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20th Century
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Villa Victoria Cultural Center, Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA)
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Walter Baker & Company
Dorchester
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19th Century
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West End Boys Club and Settlement House Pioneers
West End
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19th Century
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Westerly Burial Grounds and Mary Draper
West Roxbury
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17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Woman’s Journal and 9 to 5 Office Workers’ Union
Downtown
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Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Women Judges: Suffolk County Court
Downtown
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20th Century
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Women Sculptors on Commonwealth Avenue Mall
Back Bay
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20th Century
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Women’s Vote
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Back Bay
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Work of Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Beacon Hill
•
19th Century
Education
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