The Ethnic Factor: Backbone of the Commonwealth

Posted by Richard Juliani on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Ethnic Factor: Backbone of the Commonwealth “… that those of our own, or other nations, that are inclined to transport themselves or families beyond the seas, may find another country …” – William Penn   The story of Pennsylvania can­not be adequately told without great emphasis upon its ethnic di­versity. More than simply an incidental feature, from the first contacts between Europeans and Indians to...
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Joanna Furnace Women: 1881-1925, The Study of Women’s Roles in Industrial Society

Posted by Susan Leighow on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Joanna Furnace Women: 1881-1925, The Study of Women’s Roles in Industrial Society The world of iron production was a rough-and-tumble af­fair, a great contrast to the passive, sheltered world which historians and others often associate with Ameri­can women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet women were a part of Joanna Furnace since its beginnings in 1792, when ironmasters Samuel Potts and Thomas Rutter paid Katy Cryley wages of seven shillings,...
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