Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African-American woman to receive an M.D. degree, overcoming the dual discrimination of racism and sexism. She briefly resided on Joy Street at the north slope of Beacon Hill.
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Tony DeMarco
Tony DeMarco, the North End’s welterweight boxer beloved by West Enders during the 1950s, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021 at Mass General Hospital, as a West End resident.
Baron Haussmann’s Destruction of Old Paris
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann created modern Paris through ambitious urban renewal projects over almost 20 years (1853-1871), but he displaced thousands of working-class Parisians through demolition and slum clearance.