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Abiel Smith School/Museum of African American History, Sue Bailey Thurman and Ruth Batson
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
African Meeting House
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
African Meeting House
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Amanda Melvina Lougee
Hyde Park
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Anna Harris Smith (1843 – 1929)
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Anne Hutchinson Statue
Downtown
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17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Armeda Gibbs, Isabel Hyams, and Sarah Hyams
East Boston
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Boston Women’s Trade Union League
Chinatown
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Cedar Grove Cemetery—Home for Aged Colored Women Gravesites
Southern Dorchester
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Chauncy Hall: MA Woman Suffrage Association
Back Bay West
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Church of the Covenant, The Women’s Lunch Place
Back Bay West
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20th Century
Religion
Dorchester North Burying Ground: Ann & Betty
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
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18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Elizabeth Hedge Webster
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Fanny Goldstein and Old West Church
West End
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19th Century
Education
Federal Street Church
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Franklin Place and Home of Judith Sargent Murray
Downtown
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18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Geraldine Pindell Trotter (1872 – 1918)
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Grace Lonergan Lorch (1903 – 1974)
Southern Dorchester
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20th Century
Education
Harriet Hayden, Ellen Craft, Hayden House
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Harriet Hemenway and the Massachusetts Audubon Society
Back Bay East
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Harriet Tubman House Site
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Harriet Tubman Square Statues: Emancipation by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller and Step on Board by Fern Cunningham
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Hayden House, Ellen Craft, Harriet Hayden
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Holocaust Memorial
Downtown
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20th Century
Religion
Home for Aged Colored Women
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Corita Kent
Back Bay East
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Ednah Dow Cheney
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Elizabeth Kearney Blood
West End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Ella Little-Collins
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Ellen Swepson Jackson
Roxbury
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20th Century
Education
Home of Estella Crosby
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Golde Bamber
Roxbury
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19th Century
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Home of Helen Morton
South End
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Home of Julia Ward Howe
Back Bay East
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19th Century
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Home of Louisa May Alcott
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Louisa May Alcott
West End
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19th Century
Arts & Culture
Home of Lucy Miller Mitchell
Roxbury
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Margaret Fuller and School
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Rose Finkelstein Norwood
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Sarah-Ann Shaw
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susan Paul
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susan Walker FitzGerald
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Home of Susie King Taylor
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union
Back Bay West
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Isabel Hayes Chapin Barrows (1845 – 1913)
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Florida Ruffin Ridley, and The Woman’s Era Club
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Judith Winsor Smith
East Boston
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Judith Winsor Smith
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Kip Tiernan Memorial
Back Bay West
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Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Kittie Knox
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Lucy Stone
Jamaica Plain
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Lucy Stone (1818 – 1893) & Alice Stone Blackwell (1857 – 1950)
Southern Dorchester
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Maria Miller Stewart Plaque
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Marker at Home Site of Zipporah Potter Atkins
North End
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17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Dyer Statue
Downtown
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17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Eliza Mahoney
West End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt (1830 – 1906)
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mary Mildred Williams
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Maverick Street Mothers
East Boston
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Mehitable Ewins Sunderland
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Melnea Cass – Cass House
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Muriel Snowden: Freedom House
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Museum of African American History and Abiel Smith School
Beacon Hill
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Myrna Vazquez and Villa Victoria Center
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Park Square: Women Editors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
Chinatown
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Phillis Wheatley Landing Place
Chinatown
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18th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Protest Meetings and Faneuil Hall
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Rose Finkelstein Norwood 40 Howland Street
Roxbury
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Sarah Parker Remond and The Howard Athenæum
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Site of Denison House
Chinatown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Site of Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Chinatown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
South End House Site
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Statues of Women Dissenters: Mary Dyer and Anne Hutchinson
Beacon Hill
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17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Susan Fessenden (1840 – 1932)
Southern Dorchester
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The League of Women for Community Service
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Massachusetts State House
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Museum of NCAAA
Roxbury
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
The Women’s Service Club of Boston
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Tremont Temple Women Lecturers
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Union United Methodist Church
South End
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Villa Victoria Cultural Center, Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA) and Paula Oyola, Latina activist
South End
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20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Virginia Isaacs Trotter
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Woman’s Journal and 9 to 5 Office Workers’ Union
Downtown
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Women Vote: March 7, 1870
Hyde Park
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom: Florence Hope Luscomb and Emily Greene Balch
Back Bay East
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19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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