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Mrs. A. M. Palmer
Mrs. A. M. Palmer (, Laura Adelize Mowbray; after first marriage, Shook; after second marriage, Palmer; 1848–1923) was an American clubwoman and civic leader. She was the founder and first president of the Professional Woman's League of New York. For 25 years, she served as president of the Rainy Day Club. Biography Laura Adelize ("Ada") Eliza Mowbray was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1848. She was involved with organizations to rectify short weights and false measurements. According to authorized statements, it was said that New York City lost yearly on shortweighted package goods. All devices for fraud resorted to by merchants and dealers were to be brought to account. She had been joined in this work by Mrs. William Grant Brown, of New York. Palmer was the founder and president of the Professional Woman's League of New York City. For 25 years, she served as president of the Rainy Day Club, which campaigned for short skirts for rainy days, but eventually, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
