Whenever I go to historic house museums, I always want to see where the servants lived and worked. Most of the time, these areas have…
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I always wanted a short and sweet history of America in the 1800s, but I couldn’t ever seem to find one. After writing this (and…
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I almost didn’t write this episode. The American Revolution in Philadelphia? Did I really have anything to add? In the end, I realized that the…
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While researching this episode, I was reminded of the Leslie P. Hartley quote: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” We…
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This series of the History of Philadelphia Streets is over a year in the making. It began with a remarkable conversation with Professor Michael Kahan…
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Dr. Judith Giesberg and I advocate for a statue to honor Caroline Le Count in Philadelphia in the Philadelphia Citizen. It’s a small start to…
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Women and the Centennial This story about Caroline Le Count and the Women’s Centennial Executive Committee has so many layers, and it feels remarkably relevant…
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The O.V. Catto School The Octavius V. Catto School was built for Caroline R. Le Count, principal, and her all Black teaching staff, on the…
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My Caroline Le Count Problem I have a confession to make. I had originally planned to make this a three-part series about Caroline Le Count,…
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