Thursday’s Metro section included a modest proposal: come up with names of a couple dozen interesting female leaders from Massachusetts who might just be worthy of having their portraits hung in the State House. The idea is to diversify the artwork which — as former state Senate president Therese Murray recently noted — largely depicts men.

In response, we received some terrific mail full of more nominations — as well as news of embarrassing error on our part.

First the error: Among the names included in our “Gallery of Women’’ was Angelina Grimke (formally Angelina Weld Grimke), a poet and playwright born in Boston in the late 19th century. She was one of the first American women of color to have a play performed publicly. Trouble is, she had a great-aunt by the same name who is more well-known. The original Angelina Grimke (formally Angelina Emily Grimke Weld) was a political activist and women’s rights advocate. She was born in South Carolina but died in Massachusetts. (As one reader suggested, why not hang portraits of both of them?) Alas, we published a photo of the elder Angelina with a description of the younger.

Additionally, Globe readers had a handful of good suggestions for other potential portraits. Among them:

■ Abigail Adams, an advocate for women and the wife of John Adams. A reader from Quincy pointed us to an Adams quote, in a letter to her husband, that seems apropos to the current moment: “I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Laidies, we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.’’

■ Louisa Adams, first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Her likeness appears on a $10 gold coin issued in 2008.

■ Amy Beach, a classical composer with ties to both Boston and New Hampshire. In 1896 the Boston Symphony Orchestra premiered her “Gaelic’’ symphony, among the first composed by an American woman.

Felice Belman can be reached at felice.belman@globe.com.