The South End Women’s Heritage Trail begins here because it is very near the home of Kip Tiernan. In 1974, Tiernan founded Rosie’s Place, a shelter where homeless women and their children are...
This memorial honors Kip Tiernan (1926-2011), an indefatigable activist who founded Rosie’s Place, America’s first shelter for homeless women in an abandoned supermarket in 1974.
