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.
Philadelphia Meets the Indigenous Owners of the City
ABC#051: ”Killed by Indians” - Four Philadelphians Who Died in Battles with Indigenous People
Charles Benjamin Dudley: Helping Standardize the World
William Welsh Harrison and the Haunting of Grey Towers Castle
George Meade Easby and the Haunting of Baleroy
ABC #050: A Couple of Haunted Houses - Baleroy & Grey Towers Castle
John Carbutt: A Forgotten Photography Pioneer
Joseph Miller Huston: The State Capitol Fiasco
Samuel "Stars and Stripes" Ashbridge: Philadelphia's Most Corrupt Mayor (by Thomas Keels)
Edward "Gas" Addicks - Buying a Seat in the Senate
ABC #049: White Collar Crime - J. Edward Addicks, Samuel Ashbridge, and Joseph Miller Huston
The Shipley Sisters and Educating Girls: Courage for the Deed, Grace for the Doing
Elizabeth Head Fetter: AKA Hannah Lees
Dr. Sara Yorke Stevenson: Building the Penn Museum (by Pat Rose)
Dr. Nellie Neilson: Medievalist Extraordinaire
ABC #048: Nellie Neilson; Sara Yorke Stevenson; Elizabeth Head Fetter, aka Hannah Lees - Shattering Some Glass Ceilings
Raphael & Julia Coel: Swimming While Black
Douglas "Jocko" Henderson: Rap and Hip-Hop Pioneer
Barbara Blackshear: Pioneering Computer Genius
Dr. James Batts: Hero to Black Mothers and Babies
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Best Song Podcast
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
The Rest Is History
The Martyr Made Podcast