Lower Merion Township near Bryn Mawr in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

1. Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry Marker

Inscription. A pioneering liberal arts school for working women was held here on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 1921-1938. Led by Hilda Worthington Smith, it graduated over 1,700 students from diverse racial, ethnic and geographic backgrounds; some became community, labor union, and public leaders. The school served as a model for workers' and labor education programs at colleges and universities across the nation.

Erected 2001 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

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

Location. 40° 1.443′ N, 75° 18.838′ W. Marker is near Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Lower Merion Township. It is at the intersection of Morris Avenue and Yarrow Street on Morris Avenue. The marker is at the entrance to the College. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 140 Morris Ave, Bryn Mawr PA 19010, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Baldwin School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Harriton (approx. 0.7 miles away); Harriton Farm

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Bartley Hall - 1956 (approx. 1½ miles away); Bartley Hall - 2002 (approx. 1½ miles away); Sullivan Hall - 1954 (approx. 1½ miles away); Vasey Hall - 1930 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Dougherty Hall - 1954 (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bryn Mawr.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Woodrow Wilson (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

2. Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry Marker

Bryn Mawr College entrance gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

3. Bryn Mawr College entrance gate

Bryn Mawr College buildings image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

4. Bryn Mawr College buildings

Bryn Mawr College map image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

5. Bryn Mawr College map

Bryn Mawr College-Benham Gateway-Admissions building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

6. Bryn Mawr College-Benham Gateway-Admissions building

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 639 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 1, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.