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Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [ 1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...
Gloria Casarez. Gloria Casarez (December 13, 1971 – October 19, 2014) was an American civil rights leader and LGBT activist in Philadelphia. [1] Casarez served as Philadelphia's first director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) affairs. [2] During her tenure as director, Philadelphia ranked as the number one city nationwide for ...
LGBTQ culture in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Gayborhood street sign on 13th Street near Washington Square West. The development of LGBT culture in Philadelphia can be traced back to the early 20th century. It exists in current times as a dynamic, diverse, and philanthropically active culture with establishments and events held to promote LGBT ...
Caroline Katzenstein (1888 – January 31, 1968) was an American suffragist, activist, advocate for equal rights, insurance agent, and author. She was active in the local Philadelphia suffragist movement through the Pennsylvania branch of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia.
March 29, 1966 (age 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Alma mater. New College, Oxford. Brown University. Cheltenham High School. Occupation. Advocate. Chris Bartlett (born March 29, 1966) is an American gay activist, feminist, educator, and researcher who lives in Philadelphia, PA, and is the executive director of the William Way Community ...
Jillian Mele. Jillian Mele (born September 17, 1982) is a former American news anchor and reporter who is best known for serving as co-host on Fox & Friends First from March 2017 to October 2021. Following her departure from Fox News, Mele served as a anchor/reporter for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia from January 2022 to March 2023.
The William Way LGBT Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and nearby communities, located at 1315 Spruce Street in Philadelphia in the Gayborhood. [1] Chris Bartlett has been the center's executive director since 2010. [2]
Gloria Allred (born 1941), women's rights attorney; Hart O. Berg (1865–1941), former engineer and businessman; Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby (c. 1810–c. 1870), former midwife, frontier doctor, dentist, herbologist, and scientist who discovered cause of milk sickness; Guion Bluford (born 1942), astronaut and first African-American in space