Woman have played a major but underrecognized role in our Nation’s history since its inception.
*London-born Esther DeBerdt Reed married a man who became George Washington’s right-hand man and switched her Tory allegiance to become a radial patriot; the organization she founded to provide some relief to the soldiers fighting for her freedom didn’t quite go the way that she had planned.
*Elizabeth Duane Gillespie came from a politically active family; she was the chief fundraiser and organizer for the Sanitary Fair of 1864, which put her in the position to lead the way for the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
*Anna Justina Magee was the last of seven siblings who lived together their entire lives. Her legacy for the family was a hospital designed for people who were convalescing from injury – The Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.
These three women are featured in this month’s episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #060 for March 2024 – Three More Women Who Changed Philadelphia.
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Walter "Slick" Schlichter: Pioneer in Black Baseball
ABC#061 Play Ball! Part 3: Four More Baseball Pioneers at Laurel Hill
Grayce Nottage Nicholas: Black Is Beautiful
Anna J Magee: Enabling the Disabled
Elizabeth Duane Gillespie: The Woman Who Saved the Centennial
Esther DeBerdt Reed: From Tory to American Patriot
MOVE and Laurel Hill
Winifred "Winnie" Harris: A Perfect Next-Door Neighbor
Samuel L Evans: The Godfather of Black Philadelphia Politics
Sarah A. Anderson: Quietly Making Changes
ABC#059 Three More Black Pioneers
The Philadelphia Orchestra & Laurel Hill West
Robert McNeil: Making Tylenol a Household Name
William Warner: Partnering with Lambert
John & Frank Wyeth: Compressing Pills
Powers & Weightman: Making Millions in Quinine
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy: In the Beginning
ABC#058 Big Pharma & Laurel Hill: The Beginnings
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