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

## See also

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* List of Pennsylvania suffragists

## References

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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.
2. ^ 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.
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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