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Meet Our Women

Take a walk with us and get to know the women who helped shape Boston. 

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Boston Women’s Trade Union League

Chinatown•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Chew Shee Chin and New England Chinese Women’s Association

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

Chinatown Community Mural: Unity and Community

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, New England Hospital for Women and Children

Chinatown•
19th Century
Medicine

Elizabeth Peabody Book Shop

Chinatown•
19th Century
Arts & Culture

Frances Stern Nutrition Center

Chinatown•
19th Century
Medicine

Home and Office: Dr. Lucy Sewall, Dr. Susan Dimock

Chinatown•
19th Century
Medicine

Home of Rose Lok

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

Mary Soo Hoo Park

Chinatown•
20th Century
Business

Maryknoll Sisters

Chinatown•
20th Century
Religion

Massachusetts Bar Association

Chinatown•
20th Century
Business

Park Square: Women Editors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Chinatown•
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Phillis Wheatley Landing Place

Chinatown•
18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Quincy School

Chinatown•
19th Century
Education

Ruby Foo’s Den

Chinatown•
20th Century
Business

Sarah Caldwell and the Boston Opera House

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

Site of Boffin’s Bower

Chinatown•
19th Century
Philanthropy

Site of Denison House

Chinatown•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Site of Women’s Educational and Industrial Union

Chinatown•
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Site of YWCA “Working Girls Home”

Chinatown•
19th Century
Philanthropy

Telephone Exchange

Chinatown•
20th Century
Arts & Culture

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