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		C7: Lebanese-Syrian Ladies' Aid Society 76 Tyler Street The women of the Lebanese-Syrian Ladies' Aid Society raised money for new arrivals and to provide relief during World War II to people in the Near East. Founded in the South Cove area in 1917, the society sponsored events for fundraising that made them a center for the social life of the community. It later moved to the South End.
		C8: Maryknoll Sisters 79 Tyler Street "I love the expression 'the understanding of the heart.' It seems to me that understanding is the keynote of true love, just as misunderstanding is fertile soil for hatred." " -- Mother Mary Joseph Rogers Mother Mary Joseph Rogers (1882-1955), a Boston Public School graduate and teacher, founded the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, a national order whose members were first known for their professional service in China before the Communist takeover. Rogers insisted that the sisters be trained professionally for their missionary work and that they work together as equals, sharing all household tasks. Under her leadership, over 1,000 women worked throughout the world in over 25 different countries spreading their message of Justice, Love and Peace in God's name, and living with and caring for those in need. The sisters still serve all over the world today, particularly in Latin America. The mission on Tyler Street served the Chinese community until 1992.
		C9: Quincy School and Denison House 90 and 93 Tyler Street When the innovative Quincy School opened in 1847, teachers had their own classrooms for the first time in America. Women teachers were in charge of each grade, but were supervised by a male principal. Students sat at their own desks instead of at long benches. Boys and girls attended different grammar schools; the Quincy School was for boys. Today, the Chinese-American Civic Association runs a multi-service center in the building. Denison House, a woman-run settlement house, occupied three buildings across the street for 50 years (now a vacant lot). Founded in 1892 by the College Settlement House Association, Denison House was directed by Helena Dudley (1858-1932) and Vida Scudder (1861-1954), a Wellesley College professor. Their shop sold crafts produced by local women. They ran a medical dispensary, a milk station, and taught English. The heritage of Lebanese, Syrian, and Italian immigrant women was honored through crafts and folk dancing. Dudley believed women's greatest need was for a living wage and helped organize the Women's Trade Union League (see C12). When aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was a social worker there, she showered Boston with leaflets from a plane announcing a Denison House street fair. After an earlier association with Chicago's settlement house, Hull House, labor organizer Mary Kenney O'Sullivan (1864-1943) worked for a time at Denison House. She lived there with her husband, John F. O'Sullivan, labor editor of The Boston Globe, and their three children. After his sudden death in 1902, she managed a model tenement and continued her labor organizing activities. She was one of the principal founders of the National Women's Trade Union League at Faneuil Hall in 1903 (see D15). O'Sullivan supported many union activities, including the 1912 Lawrence textile strike. She was a strong supporter of woman suffrage and opposed the entry of the United States into World War I, joining the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In 1914, she became a factory inspector under the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries.