The 2025 recipients of the Women for Greater Philadelphia Award
have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship, leadership, and
through their efforts have served as inspirations to others.
Honorees will take part in the Women's History Month panel on March
30th at 2:00 p.m. at Laurel Hill Mansion. A moderator will introduce
the Honorees, then pose three or four questions to the panel of Honorees
which can be answered individually and discussed as a group.
The panel discussion with Honorees will be followed by the presentation
of awards and a reception where guests will have the opportunity to
engage with the honorees.
This event will be held at historic Laurel Hill Mansion,
3487 Edgley Drive, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA 19121
215 235-1776
Although this FREE program is open to members and the public,
we ask that you register in advance here.
2026 Women's History Month information will be posted Fall 2025
Register to notified about Women’s History Events.
Resources, Programs, Exhibits and Events
Read the National Women's History Alliance 2025 Women's History Magazine
UN Women is the UN organization delivering programmes, policies and
standards that uphold women’s human rights and ensure that every woman
and girl lives up to her full potential.
National Women's History Alliance
Free Library of Philadelphia
Women's History Month Programs
National Collaborative
for Women's History Sites
The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites advocates for historic
sites that center the preservation and interpretation of the important
role of women and gender non-conforming individuals as core to the American
story.
Our History Project
Every Family Has a Story. Let's Find Yours.
Our goal is to create enthusiasm and interest in women’s history by
expanding access to the resources needed to find suffragist ancestors.
Vist
the National Womens History Museum events page here.
Crusade
for the Vote
Suffragists Unite: National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Archives, Women’s History Month
Learn about the history of women in the United States by exploring their
stories through letters, photographs, film, and other primary sources.
The Library
of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National
Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park
Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and
celebration of the vital role of women in American history. View
the combined resources at www.womenshistorymonth.gov/
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Explore Places Where Women Made History
Center
for American Women and Politics
League of
Women Voters
Votes for Women: A Visual History
Presented by Brandywine River Museum of Art
This exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art examines the visual
culture of the suffrage movement, revealing how the “look” of women’s
rights developed.
View online
Women's Suffrage and Voting Laws in Wyoming
Special thanks to Hailey & Margaret for providing us with this link.
Explore Where Women Made History
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Book List and other Reading Material
View an Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement
in the United States edited by Thomas Dublin and Kathryn Kish Sklar
here.
Militant Women Suffragists—National Woman's Party
Black Women Suffragists
Mainstream Suffragists--National American Woman Suffrage Association
A biography of HARRIET "HATTIE" PURVIS, 1839-1904 by Women for Greater
Philadelphia member Nancy Santucci Cohen is part of Online Biographical
Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States.
Philadelphia Abolitionist, Suffragist, and Social Reformer
Harriet "Hattie" Purvis was a member of a distinguished black Philadelphia
family who shaped the political debate around abolition, suffrage, and
women's rights. It is important to understand that Hattie's enthusiastic
and personal commitment to social reform resulted from her exposure
to her parents' values and beliefs. READ MORE
The Revolution
"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing
less!"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish
the first edition of The Revolution in 1868. View digital images of
215 issues of The Revolution online using this link to The Watzek Library
of Lewis & Clark College
Elizabeth Cady Stanton "The Declaration of Sentiments 1848
Read the original text of The Declaration of Sentiments on the U.S.
National Park Service website.
National Womens History Museum Biographies of Women
Follow this link to read about historical pioneers and contemporary
newsmakers that continue to impact the world.
Library of Congress
View the National American Woman Suffrage Association Digital Collection
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Free Library!
Visit the Free Library of Philadelphia's Women's History Month Blog
