What is the importance of Boston, Massachusetts in the novel, The Boston Girl?

Boston is the capital of Massachusetts, and is the city to which Addie’s family emigrates from Russia. Boston is where Addie is born in the year 1900, and lives her entire life. She truly loves Boston, for it is where her family has settled and grown up, and is where she has made so many friends at the library, and done so much with her life- from writing, to teaching, to advocating for social reforms.