Hall organized young immigrant working women in Boston nearly a decade before her famous New York peers. After her move to Waltham on the outskirts on the Paine Estate, she taught working students in the evening schools.

Acton presented bill after bill on laws affecting women and children for the Mass Woman Suffrage Association. The home she shared with Dr. Eloise Sears near the Watch Factory was a hub for the suffrage movement in Waltham.

Ryan received unwanted press coverage when her appointment as Building Inspector shook up the status quo. She designed suffrage floats as well as buildings & was Luscomb’s professional partner.

Luscomb was the youngest & most visible of Waltham’s suffragists who used open-air speeches, dramatic spectacle, and her artistic talent to attract press coverage and win over the public.