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Recent Episodes

Episode No. 7 – Women and the Centennial

Posted January 13, 2021 • 00:33:58

Women are organizing to fund raise for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, a moment when our city and our nation will be at the center of...

Episode No. 6 – Philadelphia Public Schools and Caroline Le Count: Part 2

Posted November 24, 2020 • 00:36:48

Philadelphia, 1867. A 21-year-old Black woman was recently appointed principal of a new public school on a small alley in the Seventh Ward. This woman...

Episode No. 5 – Philadelphia Public Schools and Caroline R. Le Count: Part 1

Posted October 27, 2020 • 00:24:33

In this city, there are very different educational opportunities for the wealthy and the poor. But reformers and activists are trying to find ways to...

Episode No. 4 – The Life and Times of Caroline R. Le Count: Part 2

Posted May 19, 2020 • 00:32:20

A city at war with a not-so-distant enemy, hospitals overwhelmed and spilling over into temporary tents, nurses asking citizens to donate critical supplies,...

Episode No. 3 – The Life and Times of Caroline R. Le Count: Part 1

Posted May 5, 2020 • 00:34:53

An important moment of the Civil Rights movement happened right here in Philadelphia, and it took place nearly 100 years earlier than the well-known...