tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post3800785459590406680..comments2024-03-27T12:10:03.910-04:00Comments on Remember Jamaica Plain?: Rachel Allen House for Colored Women - UpdateMark B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636068312591857663.post-66767569128933443552008-01-27T11:44:00.000-05:002008-01-27T11:44:00.000-05:00Very interesting. The purpose, in those days, was...Very interesting. The purpose, in those days, was no doubt charitable, rather than racist. The other charitable homes for women (was this one for aged women?) were probably "white only." (I wonder if, ironically, the Roxbury Home for Aged Women (now Sophia Snow House) excluded Blacks.) Nevertheless, I agree this is an important part of local history which should be preserved, not erased. Dale Mitchell, Paul Gore St, JPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com