Clementina Poto Langone

Clementina Poto Langone (1896–1964) was a civic leader from the North End of Boston who is remembered for her service to the Italian-American community.

During the Great Depression she was known as a "Good Samaritan" who distributed food and clothing to the poor and advocated for them politically.

[note 1] Her parents, Luigi Poto and Maddalena Debueris, were Italian immigrants from Castelcivita, Salerno.

As a child, she attended Boston public schools and worked in the family grocery store on the first floor of her home.

In addition to raising six children and doing volunteer work in the community, she helped run the Langone family's funeral home on North Street.

"[2] During the Great Depression, Clementina Langone collected food and clothing for the poor and distributed them from her living room.

[5] He went on to serve four consecutive terms, and was Boston Election Commissioner in several James Michael Curley administrations.

[12][13] 33 North Square, formerly the site of the Poto grocery store where Langone lived and worked as a girl, is a stop on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail.