Rose Valley in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mildred Scott Olmsted

(1890-1990)

Photographed by Robyn Young, September 2015

1. Mildred Scott Olmsted Marker

Inscription. An antiwar campaigner and women's and civil rights activist. Olmsted traveled the world on behalf of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. WILPF's advocacy was consistent with her Quaker beliefs. She headed the national WILPF organization for over 40 years and received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her efforts. She and her husband hosted leaders such as Jane Addams, Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King in their home here.

Erected 2015 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Peace • Women. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the Quakerism series lists.

Location. 39° 53.959′ N, 75° 23.271′ W. Marker is in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is on Rose Valley Road 1½ miles south of Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41 Rose Valley Road, Media PA 19063, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Minquas' Path (about 400 feet away); Rose Valley Historic District (about 700 feet away); Anna Howard Shaw (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fussell House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Media Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Seyfert House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hawley House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Media Theatre Building (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rose Valley.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Great Trail (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing).

Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2018, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 563 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on December 7, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photo 1. submitted on August 23, 2018, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.