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Wonder Women: Visionary women honored in 2019
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Wonder Women: Visionary women honored in 2019
March is Women’s History Month, when the accomplishments of women such as these are celebrated.
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Women’s History: Who was Melnea A. Cass?
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Women’s History: Who was Melnea A. Cass?
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.
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