For Women’s History Month, we highlight the remarkable women who shaped Pennsylvania’s Coal Region. From labor strikes to suffrage activism, their impact on industry, politics, and daily life endures. Read powerful stories of resilience, advocacy, and community strength.
A reporter in Hazleton interviewed a working class woman near the site of the Lattimer Massacre in 1897.
Women in the Schuylkill County community locked arms and blocked streets to prevent coal trucks from navigating the town's streets.
We explore the story of Pittston's volunteer aid association, refugees from southern states, and an epic rant written by a Wyoming Valley minister.
A women reporter documents the lives and struggles of working class women on the outskirts of Hazleton in 1900.
When Captain Edwin Severn died in 1872, Mary Severn stepped into the role of Postmaster of Mahanoy City.
On March 18, 1914, the editors of the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader turned over their newspaper to suffragists.
Susan Evelyn Dickinson became a powerful writer and commentator on social issues and events in the Coal Region in the 19th century.
Elizabeth Ellet documented a trip to the Coal Region in her book, "Rambles about the country."
A reporter from the Wilkes-Barre Record interviewed numerous women about suffrage in August 1920.