Silk production was the first industry to employ Pennsylvania’s women. Between 1913 and 1930, Eastern Pennsylvania was the world’s leader in silk goods production, and the vast majority of the workers …
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Waist Company factory in Greenwich Village, New York. Located on the top three floors of a 10-story building, the …
Gather round the fire with Lehigh Valley Passport to History partners’ winter program series. We’ll be sharing tales of Valley history that will transport you back in time from the …
October 12, 2019, 2:00 pm, with historian and author Susan Holloway Scott
In her acclaimed novels, bestselling author and historian Susan Holloway Scott weaves carefully researched fact with written drama to explore the lives and legacies of women who history has silenced, …
In honor of Women’s History Month and our Fashion Plates of Northampton County exhibition, we invite you to view a series of oral history interviews with women connected to the …