List of historical Pennsylvania women explained

This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women:

• Mary Ambler (1805–1868)
• Marian Anderson (1897–1993)/
• Nellie Bly (1864–1922)
• Pearl S. Buck^[1]
• Rachel Carson (1907–1964)^[1]
• Margaret Corbin (1754–1800)
• Henrietta Crosman
• Isabel Darlington (1865–1950)
• Lydia Darragh (1728–1789)^[2]
• Saint Katherine Drexel^[1]
• Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster
• Hannah Freeman
• Martha Glaser
• Elsie Hillman
• Emma Hunter
• Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854)
• Sophie Masloff
• Sybilla Masters (1676–1720)
• Lucy Kennedy Miller (1880-1962)^[3]
• Evelyn Foster Morneweck
• Lucretia Mott (1793–1880)^[4]
• Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952)^[4]
• Ann Preston (1813–1872)^[4]
• Jennie Bradley Roessing
• Betsy Ross^[1]
• Marion Margery Scranton (1884–1960)^{[5] [6]}
• Florence Seibert (1897–1991)^[4]
• Frances Slocum (1773–1847)
• Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915)^[4]
• Anna Bustill Smith (1862-1945)^{[7] [8]}
• Eliza Kennedy Smith (1889-1964)^[9]
• Ida Tarbell (1857–1944)^[4]
• Martha Gibbons Thomas (1869–1942)
• Elizabeth Thorn (1832–1907)^[4]
• Laurie Trok
• Marion Foster Welch
• Jane McDowell Foster Wiley

See also

• List of Pennsylvania suffragists

Notes and References

1. Book: Miller, Arthur . Guide to the homes of famous Pennsylvanians : houses, museums, and landmarks . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 2003 . 9780811726283 .
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315234910/http://frankfordgazette.com/wp1/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Frankford-Chronicles-Lydia-Darragh.Fi%C3%B1usFi-%C3%B1us.pdf “Frankford Chronicles Agent Lydia Darragh - Intelligence Operative”
3. "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced," in "Women's History Month." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Senate, retrieved online August 2, 2022.
4. Book: Hertzog, Kate . More than petticoats . TwoDot . Guilford, Conn . 2007 . 9780762736379 .
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.