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Subject: Kip Tiernan - Founder of Nations First Homeless Womens Shelter
Written By: danootaandme on 07/04/11 at 4:47 am
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/07/04/rosies_place_founder_kip_tiernan_dies_at_85/
Kip Tiernan, who founded Rosie’s Place, the nation’s first shelter for homeless women, and whose persistent, raspy voice echoed from the streets to the State House as she advocated for the poor, died of cancer Saturday in her South End apartment.
She was 85.
....“Every day of her life she lived for social justice, and the lives she saved were untold,’’ Mayor Thomas M. Menino said. “She always said that someday we will stamp out homelessness, but until that day we have to make sure everyone understands that a homeless person could be one of us. She was a very special person, and there’s a big hole in our lives today because Kip’s not here. This nation is going to miss Kip Tiernan because of her fight for social justice.’
The news of her death has been overshadowed by the visit of the "royals" That is a sad commentary.