Postcard from atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1946. Dr. Chalmer Kirkbride, PMC trustee, observes the test. He writes to his wife, “The bomb test was by far the most spectacular, as well as horrifying sight I have ever witnessed. Great damage...
Betty Friedan one of the founders of the modern Women's Rights Movement and NOW, in 1967. The National Organization for Women proclaims “the time has come for a new movement toward true equality for all women in America.” The feminist movement...
This project includes oral histories of several Chester residents. Swarthnore College students enrolled in Professor Sonia Lee's History Class conducted the interviews in Spring 2009.