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East Boston

East Boston was created by connecting five islands using landfill. Noddle Island served as grazing land for cattle. Hog Island was renamed Breed’s Island. Governor’s Island, Bird Island and Apple Island became part of the expansion of Logan International Airport. East Boston has long provided a foothold for the latest wave of immigrants. Today East Boston is the home of more than 40,000 people.

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Annie Frasier Norton

45 Lamson St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Government & Public Service
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Maverick Street Mothers

Between 268 & 276 Maverick Street, Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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Dr. Marion Corleto Sabia

241 Maverick St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Medicine
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Harriot Curtis and Margaret Curtis

22 Chelsea St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Arts & Culture
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Bridget Murphy Kennedy and Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy

151 Meridian St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Government & Public Service
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Armeda Gibbs, Isabel Hyams, and Sarah Hyams

Central Square, Boston, MA, 02128
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
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Raquel Eidelman Cohen

14 Porter St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Medicine
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Eleanor Prentiss Creesy and Mary Ann Brown Patten

406 Border St. , Boston, MA 02128
19th Century
Arts & Culture
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Frances E. Brown Rowan

408 Meridian St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Medicine
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Caroline “Orrie” Orr and Grace Flynn

406 Meridian St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Education
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Ethel Rowland Flynn

396 Meridian St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Business
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Edith DeAngelis

388 Meridian Street, Boston, MA 02128
21st Century
Arts & Culture
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Helen Johns Carroll

50 Falcon St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Arts & Culture
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Pauline Bromberg

86 White St. – East Boston High School, Boston, MA 02128
20th Century
Education
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Albenia Martha Boole

78-80 White St., Boston, MA 02128
19th Century
Business
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Judith Winsor Smith

76 White St., Boston, MA 02128
19th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

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Maverick Street Mothers

East Boston
Between 268 & 276 Maverick Street, Boston, MA 02128
20th Century

Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

In 1968, East Boston women, the Maverick Street Mothers, protested Logan Airport expansion, blocking trucks with their children in strollers
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Bridget Murphy Kennedy and Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy

East Boston
151 Meridian St., Boston, MA 02128
20th Century

Government & Public Service

Bridget Kennedy (1827-1888), JFK’s great-grandmother, opened a stationery store in East Boston. Mary Kennedy (1857-1923), JFK’s grandmother, was active in women’s suffrage
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Judith Winsor Smith

East Boston
76 White St., Boston, MA 02128
19th Century

Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Judith Winsor Smith (1821-1921), abolitionist and suffragist, founded the Home Club of East Boston, led the Woman Suffrage League, and cast her first vote at 99.
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