Representative women of New England/Vina B. Peakes
VINA BOYNTON PEAKES, of Boston, is an energetic business woman who has achieved success in the field of insurance. The necessity of earning her owm livelihood came about through the death of her husband. After turning over in her own mind the few profitable occupations that offered honorable employment for women, she decided upon insurance, and accordingly studied the methods employed by men in the presentation of that subject, striving in particular to acquire a direct and business-like manner. Her efforts were successful, and, step by step, she has advanced from her early beginnings until to-day she stands as one of the leading women insurance underwriters of Boston, which city, it may be said, has the only association of women underwriters in the world. Mrs. Peakes is an independent agent, not being connected with a women's department. She approves of the admission of women to all professions and all suitable lines of business, and takes great pleasure in noting the success they are achieving in their various undertakings.