Papers, 1977-1991 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1977-1991 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232008444

Collection consists of clippings, a photograph, a few letters to Freeman, and an interview with her conducted in 1991. More will be added.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 7096354

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Freeman, Earleen, 1945-

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Earleen (Johnson) Freeman was born in Boston, Mass., the elder daughter of Mary Johnson Ogletree and Earl Bell. She dropped out of high school and in 1966 married Duane Freeman, a teacher thirty years her senior; he died in 1973. In 1977, after working as a waitress, an elevator operator, and a toll collector, Freeman was hired by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as a trolley driver, the first women and the first black woman in any transportation system on the eastern seaboard. Whi...

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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The MBTA is the state agency responsible for the public transportation system in the Boston metropolitan area. From the description of Glass plate collection on the MBTA, 1896-1940 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234360181 The Boston Elevated Railway Company was established in 1894 and replaced successively by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947 and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1964. From the description of Boa...