Sylvia Shaw Judson

(1897 - 1978)
Sculptor

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Downtown
17th Century

Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

This statue honors Mary Dyer (d. 1660), a Quaker martyred for her faith, and friend of Anne Hutchinson, sculpted in 1959 by Sylvia Shaw Judson.
Beacon Hill
17th Century

Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Mary Dyer (d. 1660) was a Quaker who witnessed for religious freedom in Boston. Banished twice, she was hanged on her third return.