March is Women’s History Month

From Harriet Tubman to Billie Holiday to Marian Anderson, women have shaped Philadelphia’s cultural and social identity. This Women’s History Month, we want to uplift a few more women who left an enduring mark on our city but have too often been left out of the history books.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911) was a writer, activist, and lecturer who’s known as “the mother of African American journalism.” She was a founding member of the American Woman Suffrage Association, and famously exposed racial inequities at an 1866 suffrage convention.

Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952) was a chemist who pioneered refrigeration technologies that made the food supply fresher and more affordable. She went on to work for the FDA and became the head of the Bureau of Chemistry’s Food Research Lab, the first woman to hold such a position.

Ora Washington (1898–1971) was considered the greatest Black athlete of her generation, having set records in both tennis and basketball. She won her first national title one year after she started playing tennis. Washington was inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in 1976, five years after her death.

This Women’s History Month, add your name to join Dwight and commit to the fight for a more inclusive, equitable world for all women.

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