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Elizabeth Peabody 8 Gordon Street  Elizabeth
Peabody (1804-1894) was the mother of the kindergarten movement in
America. She was also a leader in the intellectual community in Boston.
She was secretary to Dr. William Channing, an early leader of Unitarianism,
and she owned a bookstore at 16 West Street which became the center of
Transcendentalism. She published The Dial, a radical literary magazine,
and supported women's rights and the abolitionist movement. Her sister
Sophia married Nathaniel Hawthorne, and her sister Mary married Horace
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JP9: Home of Sylvia Plath 24 Prince Street Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) became famous posthumously for her poetry and her novel, The Bell Jar. After her suicide at age 30, a cult grew up around her, especially in the 1970's. Her book, Ariel, is one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the 20th century. She was married to the English poet Ted Hughes and had two children. |
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JP10: Ellen Swallow Richards 32 Eliot Street  Ellen
Swallow Richards (1842-1911) was the founder of the home economics
movement. At M.I.T., she was a chemist, the first female student, and
the first professor of sanitary engineering in the country. She set up
the Woman's Laboratory at M.I.T. so that other women could have access
to a scientific education. She did pioneering work in the testing of water
and food, revolutionizing the work of the housewife with new ideas about
sanitation, cleaning, and cooking. She founded and led the American Home
Economics Society. |
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JP11: Home of Mother Mary Joseph Rogers 20 Robinwood Avenue Mother Mary Joseph Rogers (1882 -1955) founded the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic in 1920. She began her work in Boston as a coworker with Father James Walsh who founded the Maryknoll seminary for priests. She emphasized service of God in the service of human beings, and professional preparation for all Maryknoll sisters. |
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