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Benowitz, June Melby, ed. Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion. BL2525 .B45 1998.

Dirvin, Joseph I. Mrs. Seton, Foundress of the American Sisters of Charity. BX4705 .S57 D5 1975x.

Holloran, Peter C. Boston's Wayward Children: Social Services for Homeless Children, 1830-1930. HV885.B7 H65 1989

Lord, Robert H., John E. Sexton and Edward T. Harrington. History of the Archdiocese of Boston in the Various Stages of its Development, 1603 to 1943. BX1417 .B6 L6.

O'Connor, Thomas H. Boston Catholics: a History of the Church and its People. BX1417.B6 O36 1998.

O'Toole, James M. Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944. BX4705 .O3 O86 1992.

Patkus, Ronald D. The Archdiocese of Boston: a Pictorial History. BX1417.B6 P366 1989x.

Power-Waters, Alma. Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity. Children's BX4705 .S57 P67.

Sullivan, Robert E. and James M. O'Toole, eds. Catholic Boston: Studies in Religion and Community, 1870-1970. BX1418 .B7 C38 1985x.

Walton, Susan S. To Preserve the Faith: Catholic Charities in Boston, 1870-1930. BX1418. B7 W35 1993.

MELNEA A. CASS

"Celebrating the Life of Melnea Cass." The Boston Globe, Sun. July 3, 1988, Living Section, p. A13 (BPL website, www.bpl.org, electronic resources no. 14B, Boston Globe archives; In-Library Use Only).

Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. Reference CT213 .A68 1999.

Hayden, Robert C. African-Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years. E185.93 .M3 H19 1991x.

Hayden, Robert C. Boston's NAACP History, 1910-1982. Hyde Park Local History Reference F73.9 .N4 H38 1982.

Hill, Ruth Edmonds and Patricia Miller King, eds. Guide to the Transcripts of the Black Women Oral History Project. E185.86 .B544 1991 Suppl.

Hine, Darlene Clark, and Kathleen Thompson. Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America. Vol. 7, Religion and Community. Reference E185.96 .F2 1997.

King, Mel. Chain of Change: Struggles for Black Community Development. F73.9 .N4 K56 1981x.

Levesque, George A. Black Boston: African American Life and Culture in Urban America, 1750-1860. F73.9 .N4 L48 1994.

Smith, Jessie Carney, ed. Notable Black American Women. E185.96 .N68 1992x.

MARY BAKER EDDY

Eddy, Mary Baker. Ciencia y Salud con Clave de las Escrituras. Spanish BX6941 .S4 1991x.

Eddy, Mary Baker. Science and Health: with Key to Scriptures. BX6941 .S4 and BX6941 .S41.

Gill, Gillian. Mary Baker Eddy. BX6995 .G55 1998x.

Peel, Robert. Mary Baker Eddy: the Years of Discovery. BX6995 .P4. (part 1 of 3).

Peel, Robert. Mary Baker Eddy: the Years of Trial. BX6995 .P42 1977x. (part 2 of 3).

Peel, Robert. Mary Baker Eddy: the Years of Authority. BX6995 .P38 1982x. (part 3 of 3).

Silberger, Julius. Mary Baker Eddy: an Interpretive Biography of the founder of Christian Science. BX6995 .S513.

Smith, Louise A. Mary Baker Eddy. Children's and Young Adults BX6995 .S56.

Williams, Jean Kinney. The Christian Scientists. Children's and Young Adults BX6931 .W55 1997.

Zweig, Stefan. Mental Healers: Franz Anton Mesmer, Mary Baker Eddy, Sigmund Freud. RZ400 .Z82 1962.

ANNE HUTCHINSON

Amey, Heather Mitchell. "Freedom Fighter: the Story of Anne Hutchinson." In Colonial America (sound recording). Columbus, OH: Essential Learning Products, 1993. Dudley Branch Literacy History and Culture.

Battis, Emery John. Saints and Secretaries: Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian Controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. F67 .H907.

Clark, Beth. Anne Hutchinson. Children's F67 .H92 C58 2000.

Dunlea, William. Anne Hutchinson and the Puritans: an Early American Tragedy. F67 .H92 D86 1993.

Hall, David D., comp. The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: a Documentary History. F67 .H92 H3.

IlgenFritz, Elizabeth. Anne Hutchinson. Children's and Young Adults F67 .H92 .I54 1990x.

Lang, Amy Schrager. Prophetic Woman: Anne Hutchinson and the Problem of Dissent in the Literature of New England. PS243 .L28 1987.

Williams, Selma R. Divine Rebel: the Life of Anne Marbury Hutchinson. Malden B H975w.

MARY MORTON KEHEW

Biddle, Marcia McKenna. Labor. Children's HD6079.2 .U5 B52.

Deutsch, Sarah. Women and the City, Gender, Space, and Power in Boston, 1870-1940. HQ1439 .B7 D48 2000.

McCreesh, Carolyn D. Women in the Campaign to Organize Garment Workers, 1880-1917. HD6515 .C6 M34 1985.

Payne, Elizabeth Anne. Reform, Labor, and Feminism: Margaret Dreier Robins and the Women's Trade Union League. HD6079.2 .U5 P38 1988.

Randall, Mercedes M. Improper Bostonian: Emily Greene Balch, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1946. JX1965 .R3.

Uglow, Jennifer S. The Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography. New York: Continuum, 1989. Reference CT3202 .C66 1989.

Whitman, Alden, ed. American Reformers: an H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary. West Roxbury Branch and Malden Reference CT215 .A67 1985.

ELLEN SWALLOW RICHARDS

Clarke, Robert. Ellen Swallow: the Woman Who Founded Ecology. QH31 .R5 C55.

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. "Ellen Swallow Richards: Technology and Women." In Technology in America: a History of Individuals and Ideas. T21 .T43 1990x.

Karwatka, Dennis. Technology's Past: America's Industrial Revolution and the People Who Delivered the Goods. Malden Q609.22 K18t.

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in Science: Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century: a Biographical Dictionary with Annotated Bibliography. Q141 .O34 1986.

Olson, Richard, ed. Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists. Children's and Young Adults Reference Q141 .B532 1998.

Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. Shearer, eds. Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: a Biographical Dictionary. Adult and Young Adults Reference Q141 .N734 1997.

Vare, Ethlie Ann. Adventurous Spirit: a Story about Ellen Swallow Richards. Children's QD22 .R48 V37 1992.

Yost, Edna. American Women of Science. Young Adults Q130 .Y6.

LUCY STONE

Blackwell, Alice Stone. Lucy Stone. PS3531 .H576 L8.

Burnett, Constance Buel. Five for Freedom: Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt. HQ1410 .B8 and Malden 92 B96.

Dumbeck, Kristina. Leaders of Women's Suffrage. Young Adults JK1898 .D85 2001.

Hays, Elinor Rice. Morning Star. Malden B S8782h.

Kerr, Andrea Moore. Lucy Stone; Speaking Out for Equality. HQ1413.S73 K47 1992.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. The First Women Who Spoke Out. Children's HQ1426 .L48 1983.

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. I Speak for the Women: a Story about Lucy Stone. Children's JK1899 .S8 M37 1992.

Stone, Lucy. Friends and Sisters: Letters Between Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846-1893. HQ1413 .S73 A4 1987.

Stone, Lucy. Loving Warriors: Selected Letters of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell, 1853 to 1893. HQ1413 .S73 A4 1981.

Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill, ed. One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement. JK1896 .O54 1995.

ANNIE SULLIVAN

Davidson, Margaret. Helen Keller's Teacher. Children's HV1624 .M3 D3 1965x.

Gibson, William. The Miracle Worker. PS3513 .I2824 M5.

Hermann, Dorothy. Helen Keller: a Life. HV1624 .K4 H47 1998. Also book on tape.

Keller, Helen. "Out of the Dark: Anne Mansfield Sullivan." In Great Teachers: Portrayed by Those who Studied under Them. Malden 92 P485.

Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. HV1624 .K4 A15 1988bx. Also book on tape.

Keller, Helen. Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy. HV1624 .M3 K4.

Lash, Joseph P. Helen and Teacher: the Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy. HV1624 .K4 L37.

Malone, Mary. Annie Sullivan. Children's HV1624 .M3 M34.

The Miracle Worker. Videocassette ADCAP Feature Miracle.

Selden, Bernice. The Story of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher. Children's HV1624 .S84 S45 1997.

Smith, Margaret Chase and H. Paul Jeffers. Gallant Women. Children's CT3260 .S6.

PHILLIS WHEATLEY

Bassard, Katherine Clay. Spiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in Early African American Women's Writing. PS153 .N5 B33 1999.

Borland, Kathryn Kilby and Helen Ross Speicher. Phillis Wheatley: Young Colonial Poet. Children's PS866 .W5 Z58.

Jordan, June. "Something Like a Sonnet for Phillis Wheatley." In By Herself: Women Reclaim Poetry. PS147 .B9 2000.

Pagnattaro, Marisa Anne. In Defiance of the Law: from Anne Hutchinson to Toni Morrison. PS374.W6 P34 2001.

Reising, Russell J. Loose Ends: Closure and Crisis in the American Social Text. PS169 .S57 R45 1996.

Richmond, M.A. Bid the Vassal Soar: Interpretive Essays on the Life and Poetry of Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784) and George Moses Horton (ca. 1797-1883). PS866 .W5 Z68.

Salisbury, Cynthia. Phillis Wheatley: Legendary African-American Poet. Children's PS866 .W5 Z694 2001.

Wheatley, Phillis. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. PS866 .W5 1988.

Wheatley, Phillis. Complete Writings. PS866 .W5 2001.

Wheatley, Phillis. "Liberty and Peace." In I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African-American Poetry. Children's and Young Adults PS591.N4 I35 1998. Also book on tape.

Wheatley, Phillis. The Poems of Phillis Wheatley. PS866 .W5 1989.

Wideman, John Edgar, ed. My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature. Malden 810.8 M995.

WOMEN OF BOSTON

Beattie, Mary Elizabeth. Obligation and Opportunity: Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930. HD6096 .B7 B43 2000.

Bial, Deborah. A Study of Life-Satisfaction Among Elderly Women in the South End of Boston. South End Branch Local History HQ2039 .M372 B53 1973x.

Boston Women's Heritage Trail: Four Centuries of Boston Women: a Guide to Five Walks: Downtown, North End, Beacon Hill, South Cove/Chinatown, Back Bay. F73.18 .B675 1999x.

Cleghorn, Andrea. Rosie's Place: Offering Women Shelter and Hope. HV1447 .M4 C54 1997.

Hardy-Fanta, Carol. Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston. F73.9 .S75 H37 1993.

Hirhsler, Erica E. A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940. N8354 .H57 2001x.

Holloway, Susan D. Through My Own Eyes: Single Mothers and the Cultures of Poverty. HV99 .B6 T48 1997.

Taymor, Betty. Running Against the Wind: the Struggle of Women in Massachusetts Politics. HQ1236.5 .U6 T39 2000.

Walsh, Mary Roth. "Doctors Wanted, No Women Need Apply": Sexual Barriers in the Medical Profession, 1835-1975. Malden 331.4 W226d.

Compiled by Stephen Kharfen, Readers Services, Boston Public Library, 2002 Compiled as part of the installation of the painting: Notable Women of Boston