Found in Philadelphia

Episode No. 21 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 1 – The Colonial City)

Colonial Philadelphia’s government provided a striking contrast to the more egalitarian, consensus-driven leadership of the Native American Lenape....

Episode No. 20: These are the People in the Gilded Age, Part 2 – Women and Reform

These are the women’s movement histories that you haven’t heard.

After the Civil War, women from all walks of life worked to make Philadelphia...

Episode No. 19: These are the People in the Gilded Age (Part 1)

When you walk around the city at night, do you enjoy the glimpses you get of other people’s well-lit homes? If you do (and who doesn’t?), then this...

Episode No. 18 – Philly Streets in the Gilded Age: Depression, Development, and Deadly Trolleys

Despite cycles of economic depression, Philadelphia transformed during the Gilded Age. Entire neighborhoods sprang up to house a growing population....

NEW Mini Episode No. 17 – Philadelphia Blue Stockings: Women and Baseball in the 19th Century

A 144-year old hotel register from Springfield, Ohio, sends us on the trail of the fly-by-night Philadelphia Blue Stockings. The pursuit will take us...