PHMC Historical Markers Related to Women's History

The following list, current as of March 8, 2018, includes PA Historical and Museum Commission historical markers in the "Women" category on their search page. You can look for updates, narrow the search, or search other categories on the PHMC webpage. (Please note that the list is in alphabetical order according to the marker title, so "Louisa May Alcott" comes before "Lucretia C. Mott," for example.)

American Viscose Co.
Dedicated: Saturday, October 05, 2002
County: Delaware
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Buildings & Architecture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Labor, Military, Military Post-Civil War, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.4122, LAT: 39.8217
Location: Viscose Village Plaza, E 10th St. at Plaza St., near Boro. Park, Marcus Hook

Marker Text: The first company in North America to successfully manufacture an artificial fiber (rayon). Plant employees, many of whom were women, lived in Viscose Village, a planned community built in 1912-1915 and designed by Ballinger and Perrot of Phila. In the English Domestic Revival style. The Marcus Hook plant contributed significantly to the country's defense in both World Wars-- supplying fiber for many military applications.

Ann Preston, M.D. (1813-1872)
Dedicated: Saturday, March 22, 2008
County: Chester
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Science & Medicine, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.8127, LAT: 39.8204
Location: 225 State Rd., West Grove

Marker Text: A pioneer physician and educator, in 1860 Preston founded the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she later established one of the nation's first nurses' training schools. A graduate of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, she became its dean in 1865, the first American woman to hold such an office. She was a Quaker dedicated to women's rights and an abolitionist involved with the Underground Railroad. Preston was born here.

Anna Howard Shaw
Dedicated: Saturday, May 17, 2014
County: Delaware
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Government & Politics 19th Century, Government & Politics 20th Century, Science & Medicine, Professions & Vocations, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.39656, LAT: 39.90596
Location: S Orange St. & S Ridley Creek Rd., Media

Marker Text: A doctor and theologian, Shaw was national lecturer for the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and a colleague of Susan B. Anthony. As head of the Women’s Committee of the US Council of National Defense she coordinated all women’s defense activities during WWI and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for her efforts. She lived near here from 1908 until her death, just before ratification of the Women’s Suffrage Amendment.

Anna Wagner Keichline (1889-1943)
Dedicated: Saturday, October 12, 2002
County: Centre
Marker Type: City
Categories: Buildings & Architecture, Invention, Military, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.77873, LAT: 40.91188
Location: 126 W High St., Bellefonte, just off Sq.

Marker Text: First woman registered as an architect by the state (1920), this Bellefonte native, inventor, Cornell grad & women's suffrage advocate designed numerous buildings, including the Plaza Theatre here. She served as Special Agent, Army intelligence, WWI.

Anne Brancato Wood (1903-1972)
Dedicated: Friday, June 17, 1994
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 20th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.16461, LAT: 39.95165
Location: SW corner, Broad & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia

Marker Text: A child of Italian immigrants, Brancato entered Democratic city politics in 1928. One of few women in the state assembly (1932-41), she sponsored pioneering social reform legislation. Her business offices were located here.

Betsy Ross (1752-1836)
Dedicated: Monday, April 27, 2009
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: American Revolution, Professions & Vocations, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.14473, LAT: 39.95226
Location: 239 Arch St., Philadelphia

Marker Text: Credited with making the first stars and stripes flag, Ross was a successful upholsterer. She produced flags for the government for over 50 years. As a skilled artisan, Ross represents the many women who supported their families during the Revolution and early Republic.

Booth Maternity Center
Dedicated: Friday, April 21, 2017
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Science & Medicine, Professions & Vocations, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.2478, LAT: 39.99104
Location: St. Joseph's Univ. - Moore Hall, 6051 Overbrook Dr., Philadelphia

Marker Text: Established in 1971, Booth revolutionized women’s health care by offering expectant mothers natural, family-centered childbirth options. It became a national model for its midwife training and for its promotion of midwife/doctor collaboration to improve care. The hospital pioneered the nationwide practice of permitting family members to support women during labor and delivery and advocated birth center accreditation. It closed in 1989.

Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Dedicated: Saturday, October 13, 2001
County: Montgomery
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Civil Rights, Education, Ethnic & Immigration, Labor, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.31397, LAT: 40.02405
Location: Bryn Mawr Campus, Morris Ave. at Yarrow St., Bryn Mawr

Marker Text: A pioneering liberal arts school for working women was held here on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 1921-1938. Led by Hilda Worthington Smith, it graduated over 1,700 students from diverse racial, ethnic and geographic backgrounds; some became community, labor union, and public leaders. The school served as a model for workers' and labor education programs at colleges and universities across the nation.

Bucknell University
Dedicated: Monday, September 22, 1947
County: Union
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Education, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.88729, LAT: 40.95194
Location: US 15 in Lewisburg at stadium

Marker Text: Organized in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg by the Baptist Church. Named Bucknell University in 1886, honoring William Bucknell, donor and trustee. Degrees first conferred upon women students in 1885.

C. DeLores Tucker (1927-2005)
Dedicated: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
County: Dauphin
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.883081, LAT: 40.266042
Location: North St. between 3rd & Commonwealth, Harrisburg

Marker Text: Civil rights leader and activist for women, she was the first African American Secretary of State in the nation. Championed the PA Equal Rights Amendment and policies on affirmative action, voter registration by mail, and lowering the voting age to 18. Spearheaded the creation of the Commission on the Status of Women & led a successful crusade critical of the music industry and lyrics demeaning to women, African Americans, and children.

C. DeLores Tucker (1927-2005)
Dedicated: Saturday, July 22, 2006
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.19257, LAT: 40.04652
Location: 6700 Lincoln Dr., Phila.

Marker Text: Civil rights leader and activist for women. She was the first African American Secretary of State in the nation. Lived here for 47 years. Spearheaded Commission on the Status of Women and championed the PA Equal Rights Amendment, policies on affirmative action, voter registration by mail and lowering the voting age to 18. Led a successful crusade critical of the music industry and lyrics demeaning to women, African Americans, and children.

Church of the Advocate
Dedicated: Thursday, July 29, 1999
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: African American, Buildings & Architecture, Government & Politics 20th Century, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.16312, LAT: 39.98565
Location: N 18th & Diamond Sts., Philadelphia

Marker Text: Here in the 1974 the first eleven women Episcopal priests were ordained. This noted Gothic Revival church, built 1887-97, served a growing African American community after 1930. Host to major Black Power events of the 1960s and '70s. National Historic Landmark.

Daisy E. Lampkin
Dedicated: Sunday, August 08, 1993
County: Allegheny
Marker Type: City
Categories: African American, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 20th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -79.97201, LAT: 40.44991
Location: 2519 Webster Ave. at Watt Ln., Hill District (Pittsburgh)

Marker Text: Outstanding as an NAACP organizer, Mrs. Lampkin was its National Field Secretary, 1935-47. President, Lucy Stone Civic League, 1915-65. A charter member, National Council of Negro Women, and Vice President, The Pittsburgh Courier. She lived here until her death in 1965.

Dr. Mary Davis Ridgway (1873-1927)
Dedicated: Saturday, September 08, 2001
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Civil Rights, Science & Medicine, Professions & Vocations, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.18869, LAT: 40.03149
Location: Wissahickon Ave., between Lincoln Dr. and Walnut Ln., Philadelphia

Marker Text: A leader in the women's rights movement and a homeopathic physician and surgeon. She was founder of Providence General Hospital (chartered 1913), the principal officers of which were women. From 1914 to 1917 it served the community from nearby Abraham Rittenhouse Home. Political pressure then forced the hospital to move from this site, and it closed shortly after Dr. Ridgway's death.

Eagle Grange No. 1
Dedicated: Saturday, May 05, 2001
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Agriculture, Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Railroads, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.9111, LAT: 41.1788
Location: Rte. 15 and E. Blind Road, Montgomery

Marker Text: Pennsylvania's first Grange, officially organized March 4, 1871, two and a half years before organization of the Pennsylvania State Grange on Sept. 18, 1873. The National grange (order of Patrons of Husbandry) had been established in 1867. Objectives of this and other Granges included cooperative purchasing, lowering of railroad rates, and rural free delivery. They pioneered in giving equal status to women. A grange hall was built here, 1887.

Eusebius Barnard (1802-1865)
Dedicated: Saturday, April 30, 2011
County: Chester
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.66051, LAT: 39.90185
Location: 715 S Wawaset Rd., Pocopson Twp.

Marker Text: Born a Quaker, Barnard became a member of the Progressive Friends movement and upheld its active affirmation of the ideals of temperance, equality of women, and abolition of slavery. His farm became a station on the Underground Railroad. He and his family, at great risk to their own lives, provided shelter to freedom seekers and then escorted them to their next safe haven. He was a founding member of the Longwood Progressive Meeting.

Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
Dedicated: Monday, September 30, 1996
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Education, Science & Medicine, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.18103, LAT: 40.01972
Location: 2900 W Queen Ln., at Drexel College of Med. entrance, Philadelphia

Marker Text: First degree-granting women's medical school in nation, founded 1850. Renamed (1867) Woman's Medical College of Pa. by Ann Preston, Dean. Coeducational, 1969. Became Medical College of Pa., 1970; Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 1996.

Flora Black (1870-1951)
Dedicated: Wednesday, October 18, 1989
County: Somerset
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Agriculture, Government & Politics, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -79.05292, LAT: 39.85002
Location: US 219 near Pine Hill Rd., across from RR tracks and switching stn., 3 miles NW of Meyersdale and south of Garrett

Marker Text: On this farm lived Flora Black, a civic leader active in the county and Commonwealth. Here on October 14, 1914, she organized the Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania. In the ensuing years, groups in many Pennsylvania counties became Society affiliates, in furtherance of its aim to strengthen the role of farm women and promote better conditions in farm homes across the Commonwealth.

Genevieve Blatt
Dedicated: Thursday, October 12, 2000
County: Dauphin
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 20th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.8893, LAT: 40.2628

Location: Riverfront Park at Liberty Street (one block north of State St.), Harrisburg

Marker Text: One of the most influential women in Pennsylvania politics in the 20th century. First woman to be elected to a statewide office, Secretary of Internal Affairs, and to be nominated by a major party to run for the U.S. Senate. Elected to the Commonwealth Court in1973, she wrote the 1975 opinion that gave girls equal access to school sports. Blatt lived at 115 North Street for twenty-five years.

Helen Richey (1909-1947)
Dedicated: Tuesday, October 01, 2002
County: Allegheny
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Education, Military, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations, Transportation, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -79.82724, LAT: 40.34063
Location: Renzie Park, Eden Park Blvd. & Tulip Dr., McKeesport

Marker Text: In 1934 this McKeesport native became the 1st woman to pilot a commercial airliner. Discriminated against because she was a woman, she resigned within a year and went on to become the 1st woman licensed instructor by the Civil Aeronautics Authority; & in WWII, the commandant of the American wing, British Air Transport Auxiliary; member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots; & Major by the war's end.

Irving Female College
Dedicated: Wednesday, September 29, 1954
County: Cumberland
Marker Type: City
Categories: Education, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.99963, LAT: 40.21547
Location: E. Main St. (Pa. 641) near Filbert St., Mechanicsburg

Marker Text: Site of the College that was chartered in 1857, and named for Washington Irving, a trustee. First women's college in Pennsylvania to grant degrees in arts and sciences. It closed in 1929.

Jane Grey Swisshelm
Dedicated: Monday, September 14, 1959
County: Allegheny
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Civil Rights, Civil War, Science & Medicine, Women, Writers
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -79.89134, LAT: 40.42867
Location: Braddock & Greendale Aves., Edgewood, just N of I-376 exit 9

Marker Text: Renowned editor, abolitionist, Civil War nurse, advocate of women's rights and temperance. Also author of "Half a Century, 1815-1865." Born Jane Grey Cannon at Pittsburgh December 6, 1815; died in old homestead on this site on July 22, 1884.

Julia C. Collins (? - 1865)
Dedicated: Saturday, June 19, 2010
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Education, Women, Writers
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0045, LAT: 41.2358
Location: Susq. River Walk & Timber Heritage Trail, near Market St. Bridge, Williamsport

Marker Text: Essayist, teacher, and author, her work, The Curse of Caste, is considered to be among the first published novels by an African American woman. In 1865, it was serialized in the African Methodist Episcopal Christian Recorder, a publication with nationwide circulation. Her life and writings provide a glimpse into the rarely documented experiences of nineteenth-century African American women, their families, and their communities.

Louisa May Alcott
Dedicated: Thursday, November 07, 1996
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Women, Writers
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.17139, LAT: 40.03372
Location: 5427 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia

Marker Text: The author of "Little Women" was born here at "Pine Place," Nov. 29, 1832, to educator Bronson Alcott & his wife Abigail. An abolitionist, Civil War nurse, and suffragist, she wrote children's books and gothic thrillers. The Alcotts lived in this county, 1830-34.

Lucretia C. Mott
Dedicated: Wednesday, May 01, 1974
County: Montgomery
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Civil Rights, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.13548, LAT: 40.06442
Location: PA 611 at Latham Pkwy., N of Cheltenham Ave., Elkins Park

Marker Text: Nearby stood "Roadside," the home of the ardent Quakeress, Lucretia C. Mott (1793-1880). Her most notable work was in connection with antislavery, women's rights, temperance and peace.

Making of the Flag "Don't Give Up the Ship"
Dedicated: Thursday, September 10, 2015
County: Erie
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Military, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -80.08706, LAT: 42.13707
Location: Niagara Plaza along fence at rear of Erie Maritime Museum, 150 E Front St., Erie

Marker Text: Steadfast in the face of war in the summer of 1813, seven brave Erie women stitched the flag that Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry carried into battle. British ships were on Lake Erie poised for attack. Although many fled south, Margaret Forster Steuart, her sister Dorcas, and five nieces remained to complete this rallying banner. The flag is preserved at the US Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Md., and its words have become a Navy motto.

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Dedicated: Saturday, May 22, 2004
County: Allegheny
Marker Type: City
Categories: Artists, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -80.01813, LAT: 40.44954
Location: Allegheny and Ridge Aves., in park betw. Rt. 65 on and off ramps, McKees Rocks (Pittsburgh)

Marker Text: Born near here, Cassatt studied art in Europe. She lived in Paris, befriended by the Impressionist painter Degas. She was an innovative painter, printmaker, and etcher and is noted for her works depicting women and children.

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Dedicated: Friday, October 25, 2002
County: Schuylkill
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Coal, Labor, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.90385, LAT: 40.8271
Location: Rte. 209 & 1st Street, Coaldale

Marker Text: Labor leader, worker advocate. In October 1900 she led a march of 2,000 women from McAdoo to Coaldale to aid a six - week strike called in September by the United Mine Workers of America for higher wages, recognition, and a grievance process. Many mineworkers stopped work and joined the union. Concessions by anthracite coal operators and unmet union demands resulted in the anthracite coal strike of 1902.

Mary Jemison
Dedicated: Friday, December 12, 1947
County: Adams
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: French & Indian War, Native American, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.43612, LAT: 39.89749
Location: U.S. 30 at PA 234 junction, 4 miles W of Cashtown

Marker Text: In 1758, during the French & Indian War, a party of French soldiers and Shawnee took Mary Jemison from her home 3 miles north of here. Although most of her family and neighbors were killed, Mary was adopted by two Seneca women. Jemison lived with the tribe and in 1762 traveled to their tribal home on the Genesee River. She was known as “the White Woman of the Genesee.” At war’s end, she was offered her freedom but chose to stay with the tribe.

Mildred Scott Olmsted (1890-1990)
Dedicated: Sunday, September 13, 2015
County: Delaware
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.38773, LAT: 39.89913
Location: 41 Rose Valley Rd., Rose Valley

Marker Text: An antiwar campaigner and women’s and civil rights activist, Olmsted traveled the world on behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. WILPF’s advocacy was consistent with her Quaker beliefs. She headed the national WILPF organization for over 40 years and received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her efforts. She and her husband hosted leaders such as Jane Addams, Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King in their home here.

Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin (1810-1892)
Dedicated: Wednesday, May 06, 2009
County: Susquehanna
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.593869, LAT: 41.946393
Location: Turnpike St. (SR 1013) & Broad Ave., Susquehanna Depot

Marker Text: The first American-born African American Catholic nun in the nation and charter member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first congregation of religious women of color in the world. In 1845 she helped found the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) in Michigan. At the request of Bishop John Neumann of Philadelphia, she established an IHM community in Susquehanna County and Laurel Hill Academy, in operation here until 1923.

New Century Guild
Dedicated: Thursday, June 19, 1997
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Labor, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.16267, LAT: 39.94791
Location: 1307 Locust St., Philadelphia

Marker Text: Founded 1882 by Eliza S. Turner. One of the oldest and largest organizations created to advance the interests of women in the labor force. Originally located on Girard St., the Guild moved to Arch St. in 1893 and to this location in 1906.

Ora Washington (1899-1971)
Dedicated: Friday, November 05, 2004
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: African American, Sports & Recreation, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.17963, LAT: 40.04133
Location: 6128 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia

Marker Text: African American athlete who dominated black women’s tennis, 1929-1937. She won eight national singles titles from American Tennis Association; starred with Philadelphia Tribunes, women’s basketball team, 1932-1942; played and taught here at YWCA.

Parker Kidnapping & Rescue
Dedicated: Saturday, September 17, 2011
County: Chester
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.06548, LAT: 39.74127
Location: At Fremont Cemetery & Union Methodist Church, 321 Fremont Rd., Nottingham, PA

Marker Text: Emboldened by the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Maryland slave catchers kidnapped Rachel and Elizabeth Parker from the Nottingham area in 1851. Rachel’s employer Joseph Miller was murdered in a failed attempt to rescue her from Baltimore. Public outrage led Pa. officials to seek the sisters’ release in a Md. civil court case that secured their freedom in 1853. The forcible enslavement of two young free black women galvanized antislavery sentiment.

Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women, The
Dedicated: Friday, September 20, 2002
County: Montgomery
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Agriculture, Education, Military, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.19275, LAT: 40.16437
Location: 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler

Marker Text: This school was among the first in the nation to educate women for careers in horticulture and agriculture. It was founded in 1910 on this site by Jane Bowne Haines and a "congress of women." Three years later the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association originated here at a meeting sponsored by the school. During WWI & WWII PSHW trained women to grow and preserve food for the war effort. In 1958, PSHW merged with Temple University.

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Dedicated: 1992
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: African American, Government & Politics, Underground Railroad, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.14822, LAT: 39.95298
Location: N 5th & Arch Sts. (at US Mint), Philadelphia

Marker Text: Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery. After the Civil War, the society supported the cause of the freed slaves.

Pulaski's Banner
Dedicated: Saturday, October 12, 1974
County: Northampton
Marker Type: City
Categories: American Revolution, Military, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.38002, LAT: 40.62062
Location: W. Market St. between Heckewelder Pl. and New St., at Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem

Marker Text: While Pulaski guarded this area in 1778, the Moravian women made a banner which his cavalry bore until he died at the Siege of Savannah in 1779. The banner was later immortalized in a poem by Longfellow.

Ruth McGinnis (1911-1974)
Dedicated: Saturday, November 19, 2016
County: Wayne
Marker Type: City
Categories: Professions & Vocations, Sports & Recreation, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.25413, LAT: 41.56967
Location: 511 Main St., Honesdale

Marker Text: Women’s Pocket Billiard Champion of the World (1932-40), the best US woman player for over 30 years, and inductee in Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. Defeated Babe Didrikson Zaharias and toured with Willie Mosconi. She got her start at her father’s pool hall near here.

Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879)
Dedicated: Saturday, November 14, 2015
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Abraham Lincoln, Civil Rights, Government & Politics 19th Century, Professions & Vocations, Publishing & Journalism, Women, Writers
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.15742, LAT: 39.94583
Location: 922 Spruce St., Philadelphia

Marker Text: One of America’s first woman editors, Hale greatly increased subscriptions to Godey’s Lady’s Book in her four decades as editor. She successfully promoted a national Thanksgiving Day to President Lincoln. The author and women’s rights advocate lived here.

Sisters' House
Dedicated: Tuesday, October 13, 1953
County: Northampton
Marker Type: City
Categories: American Revolution, Religion, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.38049, LAT: 40.61878
Location: 50 W. Church St., near N New St., Bethlehem

Marker Text: Built in 1744. Brothers' House until 1748. Here unmarried sisters plied many of the arts and crafts for women. In 1778, Pulaski's banner was made by them.

Star of the West, Tent No. Six
Dedicated: Monday, May 15, 1995
County: Chester
Marker Type: City
Categories: African American, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.59757, LAT: 39.96137
Location: 113 S Adams St., West Chester

Marker Text: An African American women's community service organization, chartered 1865. A part of the United Order of Tents, J. R. Giddings and Jollifee Union, founded in 1847 and named for abolitionist Congressman Giddings and his law partner.

US Sanitary Commission Great Central Fair
Dedicated: Saturday, June 16, 2012
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.17083, LAT: 39.95744
Location: Logan Sq., 19th & Ben Franklin Pkwy., near Swann Fountain, Philadelphia

Marker Text: Held at Logan Square from June 7–28, 1864, this event raised more than one million dollars for the Union cause during the Civil War. Formed to coordinate efforts of women volunteering to support the war effort, the Commission gave relief and comfort to soldiers and their families. In his only official public appearance in Philadelphia, President Abraham Lincoln addressed the crowd on June 16, praising the important work of the organization.

Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
Dedicated: Tuesday, October 20, 1998
County: Philadelphia
Marker Type: City
Categories: Artists, Glass, Government & Politics, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.20386, LAT: 40.05321
Location: 615 St. George's Rd., off McCallum St., Philadelphia

Marker Text: Artist famed for her murals in Pennsylvania's State Capitol, reflecting Penn's ideals of justice & peace. Also noted for her work in stained glass; book & magazine illustrations. One of three women artists who moved in 1906 to "Cogslea," she lived & worked here until 1961.

Wayne Natatorium
Dedicated: Sunday, October 17, 2010
County: Delaware
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Sports & Recreation, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.38075, LAT: 40.04822
Location: Willow Ave & Radnor Street Rd. at Cowan Park, Wayne

Marker Text: Among the largest open-air in-ground swimming pools in the US when it opened here in 1895, it measured 500 feet by 100 feet. The spring-fed pool hosted National Swimming Association championships in the late 19th century. Although female swimmers were unable to participate in competitive events, the Wayne Natatorium was open to women. The pool closed in 1903 as a result of droughts and the shift in popularity to other forms of recreation.

Wilson College
Dedicated: Friday, October 10, 1952
County: Franklin
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Education, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.3515, LAT: 39.9499
Location: Edgar Ave. near Ramsey Ave., off US 11 at campus, Chambersburg

Marker Text: Founded in 1869, and named for Sarah Wilson, its benefactor. One of the oldest colleges for women in the U.S. Opened, 1870, in "Norland," former home of Col. A.K. McClure, close friend of Abraham Lincoln.

Woman's Rights Convention of 1852
Dedicated: Monday, October 13, 2003
County: Chester
Marker Type: City
Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Professions & Vocations, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.60645, LAT: 39.96203
Location: 225 N. High St., at Co. Historical Soc., West Chester

Marker Text: The first Woman’s Rights Convention in Pennsylvania was held here, June 2-3, 1852, four years after the famous Seneca Falls, New York, Convention. It adopted resolutions promoting the legal, educational, and vocational rights of women.

Workers in Greater Pittston's Garment Industry
Dedicated: Friday, June 09, 2006
County: Luzerne
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry, Labor, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -75.79155, LAT: 41.32098
Location: S Main St., between Market & Kennedy Sts.

Marker Text: From the 1930s to the 1980s Pittston emerged as a national center for clothing manufacturing. Thousands of workers, mainly women, labored in many factories throughout the Greater Pittston area. Most were members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) that gained higher wages, workplace health & safety improvements, and employee rights. The ILGWU was active in civic and political life throughout Pennsylvania.

World War II Connellsville Canteen
Dedicated: Saturday, April 23, 1994
County: Fayette
Marker Type: City
Categories: Military, Military Post-Civil War, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -79.59245, LAT: 40.02003
Location: North Water Street in Connellsville

Marker Text: From 1944 until 1946, about 800 women of all ages met 600,000 troops who passed through the B&O Railroad station. From offices here, volunteers furnished food and drink 24 hours a day and chauffeured personnel to their homes.