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WMass women recognized at awards event

Award recipients honored at Mass Mutual Center

Updated: Thursday, 14 Mar 2013, 11:33 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 14 Mar 2013, 9:49 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Sixteen women with remarkable stories were recognized with awards Thursday night.

The women made history by doing things like organizing labor groups and working with World War II refugees.

The award recipients were honored Thursday at Springfield's Mass Mutual Center.

The first ever "Standing on Her Shoulders Awards" were given out by the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts .