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Maida Herman was born in Boston in 1891 to Hannah (Adler) Herman and Joseph Herman, a shoe manufacturer. She graduated from Boston Girls’ Latin School in 1908, and then received a B.A. from Smith College in 1912. She pursued further undergraduate…

Margaret Judson was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1880 to Edward and Antoinette (Barstow) Judson. Her father was the pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in New York City and a professor at Colgate Theological Seminary. Margaret attended Vassar College,…

Household Economics student Margaret “Dutch” Riegel of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania was President of the short-lived Simmons Suffrage Club during her sophomore year and later became Chairman of the Social and Civics Club.

She graduated in 1917…

Secretarial student Martha Anderson’s senior entry in the 1919 Microcosm identified her as Chairman of the Socialism Study Group and Secretary-Treasurer of the Civic League and described her as a “champion” of “very radical” causes, perhaps including…

Mary Caroline Crawford was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1874 to James Crawford, a laundry worker, and Mary (Coburn) Crawford. She graduated from the Boston Girls’ Latin School in 1892 and went on to attend Radcliffe College between 1894 and…

Mary Morton Kimball, pictured here in the Notable Women of Boston mural, was born in Boston in 1859 to wealthy parents Susan Tillinghurst Morton, daughter of Massachusetts governor Marcus Morton, and Moses Day Kimball, a merchant and banker. She…

Mary Schenck was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1860 to John V. Schenck, a doctor, and Martha (McKeen) Schenck. The Schencks were well-off, and Mary received her early education at the Longstreth School, a private Quaker institution in Philadelphia…

Melnea Cass was born Melnea Agnes Jones in Richmond, Virginia, in 1896. Her mother was a domestic worker and her father was a janitor. Her mother died when Melnea was young, and Melnea and her sisters moved to Boston to live with their Aunt Ella.…

Founded in 1907 by Harriot Stanton Blatch, the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (later called the Women’s Political Union) worked to involve working-class women in the suffrage movement, particularly in New York. This card, printed sometime…