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Philadelphia, PA · est. 2004

Founded in 1805 by Charles Willson Peale, sculptor William Rush, and fellow artists, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art museum and school in the nation. Its studios trained a remarkable roll of American masters, from Thomas Eakins and Mary Cassatt to Maxfield Parrish and Charles Demuth. The striking Neo-Gothic building that houses it was designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt in 1876.

Philadelphia, PA · est. 1997

Founded in 1882 by Eliza S. Turner, the New Century Guild became one of the oldest and largest organizations devoted to improving the lives of women in the paid workforce. As more women entered offices, shops, and factories in the industrializing city, the Guild offered education, classes, and mutual support. It moved through several Philadelphia addresses before settling at this location in 1906.

Philadelphia, PA · est. 2015

Sarah Josepha Hale broke into a male-dominated publishing world to become one of America's first women editors, guiding Godey's Lady's Book for some four decades and building it into one of the most influential magazines of the 19th century. From her Philadelphia home she shaped American taste, letters, and domestic life, all while advocating for women's education and opportunity. She is perhaps best remembered for a persistent letter-writing campaign that helped persuade President Lincoln to proclaim a national day of Thanksgiving in 1863.

Philadelphia, PA · est. 2016

In the crowded streets of colonial Philadelphia, a mild-mannered Quaker schoolteacher named Anthony Benezet quietly became one of the most influential abolitionists of his age. From this home he taught free and enslaved Black children in the 1750s and 60s, and in 1754 opened one of the era's earliest schools for girls—radical acts in a city where slavery was still ordinary. His tracts against the slave trade crossed the Atlantic, shaping antislavery thinkers in Britain and America alike.