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		Women writers and artists living on Beacon Hill used their talents to support social movements ranging from anti-slavery to peace. The walk also tells the story of African American women who were abolitionists, one who became a renown sculptor, and another who became the first African American registered nurse.
		(Click on the site title to visit that location.) B1: Women’s City Club A service club for women founded by Helen Osborne Storrow. B2: Home of Julia Ward Howe Home of the renowned suffragist, reformer, and leader in the women’s club movement. B3: Rose Nichols and Nichols House Museum Home of a pioneering landscape architect and peace activist. B4: Portia School of Law An early law school for women and the precursor to the New England School of Law. B5: Elizabeth Peabody’s Kindergarten One of the locations of a kindergarten opened by the founder of the American kindergarten movement who was also a leading publisher and writer. B6: Home of Louisa May Alcott One of several Boston homes of the renowned author, suffragist, and anti-slavery activist. B7: African Meeting House Gathering place of Boston’s 18th- and 19th-century African American community and site of anti-slavery meetings. B8: Home of Rebecca Lee Crumpler Home of the woman considered the first professional African American woman doctor. B9: Home for Aged Colored Females Home for aging former slaves and free Black women. B10: The Vilna Shul Gathering place of Boston’s early Jewish community. B11: View of Massachusetts General Hospital: Linda Richards and Mary Eliza Mahoney Stories of a pioneer in nurses’ training and the first African American registered nurse. B12: Ellen and William Craft, and Home of Harriet and Lewis Hayden Story of escaped slaves and “workers” on the Underground Railroad. B13: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Florida Ruffin Ridley, and The Woman’s Era Club Two leading African American reformers, writers, and editors and the Black women’s club movement. B14: Home of Susan Paul Home of the leading anti-slavery activist, writer, and educator. B15: St. Margaret’s Convent Original home of an order of Episcopal nuns dedicated to serving the poor and sick in the Beacon Hill area. B16: Anne Whitney Studio Studio of the famous sculptor whose work may be seen throughout Boston. B17: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom: Florence Luscomb and Emily Greene Balch An organization and two prominent members dedicated to world peace. Click here to take the Lower Roxbury Walk