women's history

Long before the suffrage movement or the Civil Rights Movement, there were Black women who were leading, organizing, and fighting for justice in ways that would reverberate through history.

March is Women’s History Month, when the accomplishments of women such as these are celebrated.

In the 1920s, the Cass family moved to Roxbury. With her husband Marshall’s support, Melnea A. Cass began what would be a long career as a volunteer community activist for human rights. It was in the 1930s that Cass began a lifetime of volunteer work on the local, state and national level.