Lower Merion in Bala Cynwyd in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Women of Idenlea Estate

Photographed by Robyn Young, September 15, 2024

1. Women of Idenlea Estate Marker

Inscription. A family of trailblazing women lived here. Abolitionist Dr. Hannah E. Longshore (1819-1901) graduated in the first class of the Female Medical College of Pa. in 1851 and served on its faculty before opening her practice in Phila. alongside her sister Dr. Jane V. Myers (1831-1918). Hannah's daughter, Lucretia Blankenberg (1845-1937), was a prominent suffragist who with her husband, Phila. Mayor Rudolph Blankenberg, worked for civic reform.

Erected 2024 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 40° 0.258′ N, 75° 13.973′ W. Marker is in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Lower Merion. It is on N. Highland Avenue one mile north of Route 30 (U.S. 30), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18 N Highland Avenue, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, 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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bala Cynwyd World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Somerset County PA-New York, NY-Washington, DC (approx. 0.6 miles away); West Laurel Hill Cemetery

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Duffy's Cut 57 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Barmouth Train Station (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vine Creek (approx. one mile away); James A. Bland (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bala Cynwyd.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2025, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 18 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 16, 2025, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.