The Boston Chapter was established in 1953 and currently has 27 active members and seven Lifetime members.
Boston Chapter celebrated its 65th anniversary hosting the 2018 National Convention. Charter members were Bali Schalk, Alice Battey McCoy, Viola Fisher Minor, Helen Young Davis, Remigia F.S. Brooks, Evelyn Johnson Cardozo, Pauline Davis Crawford, Reba C. Ferguson, Alice Curtis Fort, Myrtle Roberson Henderson, Vera Remos Keelan, Lerlaine Mitchell Levister, Emily Allston Lewis, Marjorie Potter Phillibert, Mercedes McGavock Roberts, and Constance White. Ellen Martin Story and Eltha Phillibert, daughters of charter members, remain active members.
The Boston Chapter members, individually and collectively, engage in various charitable activities. Past beneficiaries have included Crispus Attucks Children’s Center, The Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center, The Trotter School library and, most recently, Casa Myrna, Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence as rates of violence increased during the pandemic.
Chapter member Sarah-Ann Shaw is most prominently renowned as the first female African American reporter to be televised in Boston.
