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History. After several attempts during the early and mid-century to establish a historical society, an organization called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was formed on January 10, 1859. Five years later the group changed its name to Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. In 1911, society members oversaw the planning ...
December 5: The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends creates an Equal Rights Association. [10] 1903. November 7: State women's suffrage convention is held in Philadelphia. [10] 1904. The Allegheny County Equal Rights Association (ACERA) is created. [11] November 3–5: The state suffrage convention is held in Easton.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Rhode Island Historical Society. South Carolina Historical Society. South Dakota State Historical Society. Tennessee Historical Commission. Texas Historical Commission. Texas State Historical Association. Utah State Historical Society. Vermont Historical Society.
The Association of Black Women Historians was conceived in 1977 by three Black women historians: Elizabeth Parker, Eleanor Smith, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. [2] The organization's constitution outlines four goals: establish a network among the membership, promote Black women in the profession, disseminate information about opportunities in the field, and suggest research topics and repositories.
t. e. The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.
Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree, M.D. [1] 1867- The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was renamed the Woman's ...
Five women officers of the Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1899. The women's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the United States that established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While women's organizations had existed earlier, it was not until the ...
List of historical Pennsylvania women. This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women: Mary Ambler (1805–1868) [1] Marian Anderson (1897–1993) [2] / [1] Nellie Bly (1864–1922) [1] Pearl S. Buck [2] Rachel Carson (1907–1964) [2][1] Margaret Corbin (1754–1800) [1] Henrietta Crosman.