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In 1934, the Voluntary Defender Association of Philadelphia was developed for what purpose?
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Finding Faces in the Leonard Covello Collection
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Teaching Thrift
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Franklin's Thrift: A Summer Teacher Institute 2012
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Thrift and Community Development
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Philadelphia, China, and Chinatown
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What Philadelphia resident is responsible for creating Mother's Day?
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20th-Century Collections Guide: Women's History
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20th-Century Collections Guide: Community and Social Services
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In 1821, Thomas P. Cope began a freight and passenger service that sailed between what two port cities in Pennsylvania and England?
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Organized in 1894 by prominent Philadelphia women, what club sought to promote “by education and active cooperation a higher public spirit and better public order”?
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Founded in 1800, the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia provided aid to wayward women. What is the organization now called?
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The Friendly Society, one of Philadelphia's first charitable organizations, was founded in what year?
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Who was the director of the American Red Cross Allied Prisoners of War Food Packing Service which delivered over one million food packages overseas during World War II?
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In what year was Philadelphia's first orphanage founded?
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HSP Civic Engagement Collections: A new NHPRC-funded project
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The first private psychiatric hospital in the country was founded by what group?
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The saga of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House continues…
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From the Business Files of the Friends of the Benjamin Franklin House, U.S.