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Teaching the History of the Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization: Supplemental Materials

The files below supplement Kim Gallon's article "The Blood Demonstration: Teaching the History of the Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization," published in Teaching Pennsylvania History, a special collaborative issue published jointly by the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies.

Articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer referenced in Gallon's article are not included because permission to use them was not granted.

Files & Links
Files: 
PDF icon Bibliography of primary and secondary sources on the Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization (PWRO)
PDF icon Photograph: Demonstrators Marching, Broad & Spring Garden Streets, June 29, 1966 (1)
PDF icon Photograph: Demonstrators Marching, Broad & Spring Garden Streets, June 29, 1966 (2)
PDF icon Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, "Straight Talk" (newsletter), Sept. 20, 1967
PDF icon Article: “Women on Relief Would Like a Raise,” Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, Oct. 22, 1967
PDF icon Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, “Summary of Goals,” Nov. 1, 1967
PDF icon Article: "Mothers on Relief Sell Blood to Buy Children's School Clothing," Philadelphia Tribune, Nov. 7, 1967
PDF icon Article: "Welfare Mothers Sell Blood to Buy Warm Clothing," Philadelphia Tribune, Nov. 11, 1967
PDF icon Photo and caption: The "Blood Demonstration," Philadelphia Tribune, Nov. 11, 1967
PDF icon Article: "Matron to Ask DeGaulle for Aid in Battle for Welfare Clothing," Philadelphia Tribune, Nov. 28, 1967
PDF icon Article: "How Mother, Daughter Live on $38 Relief a Week," Philadelphia Tribune, Jan. 2, 1968