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A Woman of the Century:   A Crowdsourcing Project of the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries

Massachusetts

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Amherst, MA

JACKSON, Mrs. Helen Maria Fiske

October 18, 1831

author, poet and philanthropist

In progress

p. 414

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Andover, MA

BAKER, Mrs. Harriette Newell Woods

August 19, 1815

author

In progress

p. 46

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Andover, MA

BROWN, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson

April 21, 1838

President of the General Federation of Women's Literary Clubs

In progress

p. 125-126

Andover, MA

FRENCH, Miss Alice

March 19, 1850

novelist

Available

p. 303

Arlington, MA

EVANS, Mrs. Lizzie P.E.

August 27, 1846

novelist

Available

p. 279

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Ashburnham, MA

GREENE, Mrrs. Louisa Morton

May 23, 1819

reformer and author

In progress

p. 338-339

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Ashburnham, MA

WEST, Mrs. Julia E. Houston

June 22, 1832

soprano singer

Available

p. 759-760

Ashby, MA

FLETCHER, Mrs. Lisa Anne

December 27, 1844

poet

Available

p. 293

Barnstable, MA

READ, Miss Jane Maria

October 4, 1853

poet and artist

In progress

p. 600-601

Bernardston, MA

GREENLEAF, Mrs. Jean Brooks

October 1, 1832

woman suffragist

Available

p. 339-340

Beverly, MA

LARCOM, Miss Lucy

March 5, 1824

poet and author

Available

p. 448-449

Billerica, MA

PEABODY, Miss Elizabeth Palmer

May 16, 1804

educator

In progress

p. 562

Boston, MA

ACKERMANN, Miss Jessie A.

July 4, 1860

temperance-president of the WCTU of Australia

In progress

p. 4-5

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Boston, MA

AGASSIZ, Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot

December 5, 1822

naturalist

In progress

p. 10

Boston, MA

ALDEN, Miss Emily Gillmore

January 21, 1834

author and educator

Available

p. 13

Boston, MA

BALL, Miss Martha Violet

May 17, 1811

educator and philanthropist

Available

p. 50

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Boston, MA

CHENEY, Mrs. Edna Dow

June 27, 1824

author

In progress

p. 172

Boston, MA

CLAFLIN, Mrs. Adelaide Avery

July 28, 1846

woman suffragist

In progress

p. 175-176

Boston, MA

COLLINS, Mrs. Miriam O'Leary

1864

actor

Available

p. 194-195

Boston, MA

COOLIDGE, Mrs. Harriet Abbott Lincoln

1849

philanthropist, author and reformer

Available

p. 205-206

Boston, MA

CRANE, Mrs. Sibylla Bailey

July 30, 1851

composer

Available

p. 214

Boston, MA

CUSHMAN, Miss Charlotte Saunders

July 23, 1816

actor

Available

p. 223-224

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Boston, MA

DALL, Mrs. Caroline Wells

June 22, 1822

author

In progress

p. 226

Boston, MA

ELLIOTT, Mrs. Maud Howe

November 9, 1855

novelist

In progress

p. 275

Boston, MA

FLETCHER, Miss Alice Cunningham

March 15, 1838

ethnologist

In progress

p. 293

Boston, MA

FORD, Mrs. Miriam Chase

September 20, 1866

musician and journalist

Available

p. 295-296

 

Boston, MA

GORDON, Miss Anna A.

July 21, 1853

author and temperance worker

Available

p. 326

Boston, MA

GORDON, Miss Elizabeth P.

November 25, 1851

temperance advocate

Available

p. 326-327

Boston, MA

GRISWOLD, Mrs. Hattie Tyng

January 26, 1842

author and poet

Available

p. 344

Boston, MA

GUINEY, Miss Louise Imogen

January 17, 1861

poet and essayist

Needs additional research and synthesis

p. 545-546

Boston, MA

GULICK, Mrs. Alice Gordon

August 8, 1847

missionary

Available

p. 346

Boston, MA

LIVERMORE, Mrs. Mary Rice Ashton

December 19, 1821

author

In progress

p. 467-468

Boston, MA

TOUSSAINT, Miss Emma

July 13, 1862

author and translator

In progress

p. 719-720

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Boston, MA

WEBSTER, Miss Helen L.

August 1, 1853

professor of comparative philology in Wellesley College

In progress

p. 756

Brighton, MA

BRAMAN, Mrs. Ella Frances

March 23, 1850

lawyer and business woman

Available

p. 116-117

Brookline, MA

RUGGLES, Miss Theo Alice

January 29, 1871

sculptor

Available

p. 625

Buckland, MA

LYON, Miss Mary

educator

Available

p. 480-481

Burlington, MA

CURTIS, Mrs. Martha E. Sewell

woman suffragist

Available

p. 222-223

Cambridge, MA

OSSOLI, Mme. Sarah Margaret Fuller

May 23, 1810

educator and philosopher

In progress

p. 551

Charlemont, MA

GORDON, Dr. S. Anna

physician and author

Available

p. 327-328

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Charlemont, MA

WINSLOW, Mrs. Celeste M. A.

November 22, 1837

author

In progress

p. 791

Deerfield, MA

STARR, Eliza Allen

author and art critic

Available

p. 679

Dudley, MA

PERRY, Miss Nora

poet

In progress

p. 567

Dunstable, MA

RICHARDS, Mrs. Ellen Henrietta

educator and chemist

Available

p. 606-607

Falmouth, MA

BATES, Miss Katharine Lee

author and educator

In progress

p. 63-64

Fitchburg, MA

NASH, Mrs. Clara Holmes Hapgood

lawyer

Available

p. 531

Gloucester, MA

BOWLES, Mrs. Ada Chastina

Universalist minister

In progress

p. 110-111

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Great Barrington, MA

GORTON, Mrs. Cynthia M. R.

February 27, 1826

poet and author

In progress

p. 328

Hingham, MA

BRINKMAN, Mrs. Mary A.

February 22, 1845

homeopathic physician

In progress

p. 121-122

Hubbardston, MA

SPEAR, Mrs. Catherine Swan Brown

reformer and educator

Available

p. 672-673

Ipswich, MA

HODGINS, Miss Louise Manning

author and educator

Available

p. 382-383

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Littleton, MA

DODGE, Miss Hannah P.

educator

In progress

p. 248

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Lowell, MA

ABBOTT, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson

educator

In progress

p. 2

Lowell, MA

SHERMAN, Miss Marietta R.

July 5, 1862

musical educator and orchestral conductor

In progress

p. 652

Lowell, MA

SWITZER, Mrs. Lucy Robbins Messer

March 28, 1844

temperance worker

Available

p. 704-705

Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

GOULD, Elizabeth Porter

June 8, 1848

critic and author

Available

p. 329-330

Mattapoisett, MA

STODDARD, Mrs. Elizabeth Barstow

May 6, 1823

author

Available

p. 691

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Medford, MA

CHILD, Mrs. Lydia Maria

author

In progress

p. 173-174

Middleboro, MA

CORNELL, Mrs. Ellen Frances

poet and teacher

Available

p. 208

Nantucket, MA

GARDNER, Miss Anna

anti-slavery agitator

In progress

p. 312-313

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Nantucket, MA

HANAFORD, Rev. Phebe Anne

Universalist minister and author

In progress

p. 355-356

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Nantucket, MA

MOTT, Mrs, Lucretia

reformer

In progress

p. 526

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Nantucket, MA

WOODBRIDGE, Mrs. Mary A. Brayton

temperance reformer

In progress

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Newburyport, MA

BAKER, Mrs. Charlotte Johnson

physician

In progress

p. 46

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Newton, MA

BURNHAM, Mrs. Clara Louise

novelist

In progress

p. 139

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North Adams, MA

AIKENS, Mrs. Amanda L.

editor and philanthropist

In progress

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North Oxford, MA

BARTON, Miss Clara

philanthropist

In progress

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North Oxford, MA

STONE, Miss Martha Elvira

postmaster

In progress

North Reading, MA

GRAVES, Miss Mary H.

Unitarian minister

Available

p. 334

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Peabody, MA

BRINTON, Mrs. Emma Southwick

April 7, 1834

army nurse and traveler

In progress

p. 122

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Peru, MA

FRISSELL, Miss Seraph

physician

In progress

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Plymouth, MA

DIAZ, Abby Morton

industrial reformer

In progress

p. 240-241

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Plymouth, MA

KENDRICK, Mrs. Ella Bagnell

temperance reformer

In progress

p. 433-434

Rockland (East Abington), MA

LOUD, Miss Hulda Barker

September 13, 1844

editor and publisher

Available

p. 474-475

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Salem, MA

VERY, Miss Lydia Louisa Anna

November 2, 1823

author, educator, and artist

In progress

p. 733

 

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Sheffield, MA

BASCOM, Mrs. Emma Curtiss

woman suffragist and reformer

In progress

p. 61-62

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Sheffield, MA

HOFFMAN, Mrs. Sophia Curtiss

philanthropist

In progress

p. 384-385

Sheffield, MA

SMITH, Mrs. Luella Dowd

poet and author

Available

p. 666-667

South Adams, MA

ANTHONY, Miss Susan B.

woman suffragist

In progress

p. 30-31

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Springfield, MA

BISHOP, Mary Agnes Dalrymple

journalist

In progress

p. 86

Stockbridge, MA

GOODRICH, Mrs. Mary Hopkins

September 5, 1814

originator of village improvement associations

Available

p. 324-325

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Stockbridge, MA

SEDGWICK, Miss Catharine Maria

author

In progress

p. 639

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Sturbridge, MA

COLMAN, Mrs. Lucy Newhall

anti-slavery agitator and woman suffragist

In progress

p. 196

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Sturbridge, MA

JACKSON, Mrs. Katharine Johnson

physician

In progress

p. 414-415

Waltham, MA

WOOD, Mrs. Frances Fisher

September 21, 1851

educator, lecturer and scientist

In progress

p. 794-795

Ware, MA

THAYER, Miss Lizzie E. D.

train-dispatcher

Available

p. 710

Warren, MA

CHASE, Mrs. Louise L.

temperance reformer

Available

p. 169-170

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Warren, MA

HILL, Mrs. Eliza Trask

woman suffragist and journalist

In progress

p.  379-380

 

Watertown, MA

WHITNEY, Miss Anne

sculptor

Available

p. 769

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West Brookfield, MA

STONE, Mrs. Lucy

August 13, 1818

reformer

In progress

p. 693-695

West Stockbridge, MA

ROBINSON, Mrs. Jane Bancroft

December 24, 1847

author and educator

In progress

p. 615-616

Westfield, MA

MORELAND, Miss Mary L.

Congregational minister

Available

p. 519

Westfield, MA

STRANAHAN, Mrs. Clara Harrison

author

In progress

p. 698

Westford, MA

MITCHELL, Mrs. Martha Reed

known in charity, art, and society circles at home and abroad

Available

p. 510-511

Woburn, MA

ADAMS, Mrs. Jane Kelley

educator

In progress

p. 7

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Worcester, MA

AUSTIN, Jane Goodwin

author

In progress

p. 36

Wrentham, MA

BENNETT, Miss Alice 

doctor of medicine

Available

p. 75-76

Wrentham, MA

HAWES, Miss Charlotte W.

composer, lecturer and musical educator

Available

p. 363-364

Massachusetts