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Boston Women's Heritage Trail
JP4: Susan Walker FitzGerald
7 Greenough Avenue
Susan Walker FitzGerald (1871-1943) was the first woman Democrat elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature. Having worked actively in the statewide suffrage campaign, she was elected in 1922 and served one term. She then became active in the international work of the General Alliance of Unitarian and Other Christian Women.

JP5: Home of Margaret Fuller
81 Morton Street
Margaret FullerMargaret Fuller (1810-1850) led the "Conversations" of the Transcendentalist Movement and edited its publication, The Dial. She was a leading thinker of her day, articulate as a conversationalist, thinker, author, and feminist. Her radical thoughts based on a belief in creativity, intuition, and the human spirit had a major influence on American thought.

JP6: Maud Cuney Hare
43 Sheridan Street
Maud Cuney Hare (1874-1936) was a concert pianist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and author. She was 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.

JP7: Home of Julia Oliver O'Neil

24 Wyman Street
Julia Oliver O'Neil (1909-1978) was the mother of ten daughters and two sons. She and her daughters became famous marching in the Easter Parade down Commonwealth Avenue 1940-1959. Every year she made matching outfits for her daughters and their picture was printed all over the world.


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