This 1980 mural created by public artist Ellen Lanyon recognizes the accomplishments of nine Boston women: Anne Hutchinson, 1591-1643; Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784; Sister Ann Alexis, 1805-1875; Lucy Stone, 1818-1893; Mary Baker Eddy, 1821-1910; Ellen Richards, 1842-1911; Mary Morton Kehew, 1859-1918; Anne Sullivan, 1866-1936; and Melnea Cass, 1896-1978.

Commissioned by Workingmens Cooperative Bank, the painting is on loan from Simmons College and was installed in the Johnson Building Lobby at the Boston Public Library with support from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Fine Arts Express.

Read more about these notable women.