The first public park,
the first public secondary school, the first public library, the first State
Constitution, the first regularly issued American newspaper… the first
windmill, the first chocolate factory, and the first pub in the country… it
will take a while to list all the firsts that belong to Boston.
The first public
anti-smoking law (that too, in 1632!) was passed in Boston… the first woman in
the United States to earn a Ph.D. did so from the Boston University… the list
seems unending.
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