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
Isabel Darlington (1865–1950)
Lydia Darragh (1728–1789)^[3]^[1]
Saint Katherine Drexel^[2]
Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster
Hannah Freeman
Martha Glaser
Elsie Hillman
Emma Hunter
Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854)^[1]
Sophie Masloff
Sybilla Masters (1676–1720)
Lucy Kennedy Miller (1880-1962)^[4]
Evelyn Foster Morneweck
Lucretia Mott (1793–1880)^[1]
Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952)^[1]
Ann Preston (1813–1872)^[1]
Jennie Bradley Roessing
Betsy Ross^[2]
Marion Margery Scranton (1884–1960)^[5]^[6]
Florence Seibert (1897–1991)^[1]
Frances Slocum (1773–1847)
Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915)^[1]
Anna Bustill Smith (1862-1945)^[7]^[8]
Eliza Kennedy Smith (1889-1964)^[9]
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944)^[1]
Martha Gibbons Thomas (1869–1942)
Elizabeth Thorn (1832–1907)^[1]
Laurie Trok
Marion Foster Welch
Jane McDowell Foster Wiley

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Hertzog, Kate (2007). More than petticoats. Guilford, Conn: TwoDot. ISBN 9780762736379.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Miller, Arthur (2003). Guide to the homes of famous Pennsylvanians : houses, museums, and landmarks. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811726283.
^ “Frankford Chronicles Agent Lydia Darragh - Intelligence Operative”.
^ "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced," in "Women's History Month." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Senate, retrieved online August 2, 2022.
^ Carocci, Vincent P. Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania, Chapter 13: “William Warren Scranton II (1963-1967).” University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
^ Perlstein, Rick. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, p. 275. New York, New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
^ "Paul Robeson's Cousin Dies in Philadelphia." Detroit, Michigan: The Michigan Chronicle, August 25, 1945.
^ Woodson, C. G. "The Bustill Family", in Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 147–148, p. 167. Washington, D.C.: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
^ Pitz, Marylynne. "A roll call of Western Pa. suffrage trailblazers." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 13, 2020.

[hertzog2007-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Hertzog, Kate (2007). More than petticoats. Guilford, Conn: TwoDot. ISBN 9780762736379.

[miller2003-2] Miller, Arthur (2003). Guide to the homes of famous Pennsylvanians : houses, museums, and landmarks. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811726283.

[3] “Frankford Chronicles Agent Lydia Darragh - Intelligence Operative”.

[4] "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced," in "Women's History Month." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Senate, retrieved online August 2, 2022.

[5] Carocci, Vincent P. Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania, Chapter 13: “William Warren Scranton II (1963-1967).” University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.

[6] Perlstein, Rick. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, p. 275. New York, New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

[7] "Paul Robeson's Cousin Dies in Philadelphia." Detroit, Michigan: The Michigan Chronicle, August 25, 1945.

[8] Woodson, C. G. "The Bustill Family", in Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 147–148, p. 167. Washington, D.C.: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

[9] Pitz, Marylynne. "A roll call of Western Pa. suffrage trailblazers." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 13, 2020.

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