Tag: Greater Boston Women

Marathon runner, author, and television commentator; the first woman to officially run in the Boston Marathon.
Category: Sports.

Journalist, critic, editor, translator, and women's and civil rights advocate. The first female book reviewer in the US.
Category: Literature & Poetry, Media, Activism & Feminism.

Poet, author, lecturer, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, co-founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), and one of the initiators of US Mother’s Day.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Literature & Poetry.

A woman warrior of the American Revolutionary War, fought for the Patriot forces while disguised as a man.
Category: Army & Security Forces, Activism & Feminism.

An award-winning American poet, essayist, and feminist thought influencer, who was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."
Category: Literature & Poetry, Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism.

A sculptress and poet, famous for creating the Boston Women’s Memorial and for her contribution to the regeneration of public monuments in the US.
Category: Arts, Literature & Poetry.

The first female governor of Massachusetts and the youngest female Governor in US history.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A spiritual leader and author, famous for establishing the Christian Science Movement.
Category: Religion & Ethnic Culture, Health, Science & Technology.

A pioneering female doctor and educator of female physicians.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism.

A social activist for the poor, the co-founder many social organizations, among them was the first women-only homeless shelter, “Rosie's Place.”
Category: Activism & Feminism.