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Kip Tiernan was an American social activist and founder of the Boston-based organization, the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development. She was born on June 17, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kip Tiernan was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and received her master's degree in social work from Simmons College. She was a social worker for the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare and the Boston Housing Authority before founding the Women's Institute in 1974. Kip Tiernan was a passionate advocate for the rights of women and the poor. She was a leader in the fight for affordable housing and economic development for low-income women and their families. She was also a strong advocate for the rights of immigrants and refugees. Kip Tiernan was a recipient of numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She died on October 15, 2013 at the age of 87.

Popular As Mary Jane Tiernan
Occupation Advocate, organizer
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 17 June 1926
Birthday 17 June
Birthplace West Haven, Connecticut
Date of death July 2, 2011
Died Place South End, Boston, Massachusetts
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2011

Kip's longtime companion, Edith Nicholson, died in the 1990s, and she married Donna Pomponio in 2004. Kip herself died July 2, 2011, of cancer.

1980

In 1980, Kip and Fran Froehlich co-founded the Poor People's United Fund, and from 1988 to 1990 they were fellows at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College.

1974

Kip Tiernan and her advocacy partner, Fran Froehlich, founded, helped found, or were founding members of Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Boston Food Bank, Community Works, Aid to Incarcerated Mothers, Finex House, Food for Free, John Leary House, My Sister’s Place, Transition House, the Greater Boston Union of the Homeless, and Boston’s Emergency Shelter Commission. In 1974, Kip founded Rosie's Place in Boston, America's first shelter for homeless women. She founded this shelter in an abandoned supermarket after discovering that homeless women disguised themselves as men in hopes of getting into male-only shelters. Kip was also one of the founders of Victory House in the South End of Boston, a residential alcoholism treatment program for homeless, alcoholic men.

1926

Kip Tiernan (June 17, 1926 – July 2, 2011) was a social activist.

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