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Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center 416 Warren Street  Mary
Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) was the first African American professional
nurse. She liked to read and study health and science. A 1879 graduate
of the New England Hospital for Women and Children Nursing School, she
was such a wonderful nurse that every year the American Nurses Association
gives an award in her name to a special nurse.Susan Dimock (1847-1875) was a surgeon at the New England Hospital for Women and Children. There she founded the Nursing School, which Mary Eliza Mahoney attended. She liked reading and thinking and studying Latin. When the Civil War started, her father died, so she and her mother came to Boston from their home in North Carolina. When she was 17 she went to Europe to become a doctor. She died in a shipwreck when she was only 28. She was beloved by everyone. Dimock Street and Dimock Community Health Center are named after her. |
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RT5: Home of Lucy Miller Mitchell 16 Waumbeck Street Lucy Mitchell (1899- ), a pioneer in setting up good quality care for small children, lived here for many years. She helped found Associated Day Care Services of Boston and Head Start. Born in Florida, Ms. Mitchell went to Mary McLeod Bethune’s school: Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute. She knew and worked with Ms. Bethune. Ms. Mitchell received a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Boston University. She and her husband, Joseph, had two children. Her favorite colors are pink and green. She has strong beliefs and a special determination to succeed. She was a pacesetter for others and always kept her mind active. She helped Muriel Snowden found Freedom House and won many awards for her work. Ms. Mitchell believes you can always find solutions to problems. She is a phenomenal woman. |
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Freedom House 14 Crawford Street  Muriel
Snowden (1916-1988) and her husband, Otto, started Freedom House as
a community center for Roxbury. She loved to read and make speeches. Her
favorite color was blue and her favorite foods were chicken and strawberries.
Ms. Snowden was the first African American woman director at Shawmut Bank,
and she won a MacArthur Genius Award for her work helping people. She
and her husband, Otto, had one daughter. Ms. Snowden believed one person
can make a difference. She worked hard and was really good at getting
things done.Ellen Swepson Jackson was the founding director of the Freedom House Institute of Schools and Education. She also founded and directed Operation Exodus, an inner city busing program which transported students to less crowded schools. She went to Boston State Teacher’s College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ms. Jackson retired in 1998 from Northeastern University, where she was a dean and director of affirmative action. She has been an activist all her life, on both the local and national level, and has received many awards. The Ellen Jackson Day Care Center is named after her. |
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