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Frances Greeley Curtis

American, 1867 - 1957

BiographyFrances Greely Curtis (1867-1957) was active in civic and international affairs, served on the board of Associated Charities of Boston, as secretary of the Boston Cooperative Building Company, on the State Board of Charities, and from 1912 to 1924 as a member of the Boston School Committee. In 1925 she was the first woman to run (unsuccessfully) for mayor of Boston. She was also interested in adult education and was a supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Foreign Policy Association, and the United Nations Association.
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The society is also indebted to the city of Boston and the Grand Army use of offices to the Industrial Aid Society the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the Unitarian Association and the YMCA of Charlestown for the use of halls or rooms for meetings to Miss Frances G Curtis for a desk to various business firms for gifts or liberal discounts and to the newspapers for many courtesies of the Republic of Brighton for free to the Industrial Aid Society the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the Unitarian Association and the YMCA of Charlestown for the use of halls or rooms for meetings to Miss Frances G Curtis for a desk to various business firms for gifts or liberal discounts and to the newspapers for many courtesies.
Annual Report, Issue 21
By Associated Charities of Boston
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1867-1957
28 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston

Miss Frances Greely Curtis sits on the sofa in the second floor parlor in the Greely S. Curtis House, 28-30 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Miss Curtis was the daughter of Greely Stevenson Curtis and Harriot Appleton. She was a skater, horsewoman and involved in many civic and charitable organizations in Boston. The portrait on the wall behind Miss Curtis is described on the photograph verso as "Portrait of Eleanor Foster of Charlestown, by Badger."
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Frances Curtis
Birthdate: 1867
Death: 1957 (90)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Greely Stevenson Curtis and Harriet Sumner Curtis
Sister of William Curtis; Elinor Hopkinson; Greely Curtis; Isabella Curtis; Harry Curtis; Frazier Curtis; James Curtis; Harriot Curtis and Margaret Curtis

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