All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

24:36

George Sharswood: Blocking Women's Suffrage

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2023/10/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #055, The Supremes, Part 2 George Sharswood served as Dean of the Law School at Penn from 1852 to 1868. He served on the State Supreme Court for many years and as Chief Justice; in 1871 he and a majority ruled against suffragette Carrie Burnham, which denied the vote to women for an additional 48 years.

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32:02

Robert C. Grier & Dred Scott: "I concur"

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2023/10/02

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #055, The Supremes, Part 1 Robert C. Grier spent 24 years on the US Supreme Court at a critical time (1846-1870) in the country's history. Today we cringe at some of his decisions.

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01:46:50

ABC#055: The Supremes - Justices at Laurel Hill

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2023/10/01

Robert Cooper Grier was selected for the United States Supreme Court in 1846 to replace another justice who had died 841 days before – the longest gap in the history of the court. He served for nearly a quarter century and voted in many key decisions, including Dred Scott v. Sandford. George Sharswood was the first dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. While serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, he made a decision which probably delayed women’s rights to

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41:12

BBB#024: The Female Bobby Jones - Glenna Collett Vare

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2023/09/15

Glenna Collett-Vare was one of the giants of women’s golf and the top American player in the 1920s and 30s. She won 49 amateur tournaments between 1921 and 1935. She could hit a ball straight down the fairway nearly 300 yards. She was the first woman to break 80 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, which she won six times. She is in the golf hall of fame, and the Vare Trophy is awarded annually to the woman professional with the best scoring average. She played into her 80s but never turned

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18:39

Richie Barrett...and "Some Other Guy"

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2023/09/06

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #054: "Hey, I Know That Song", Part 5 Singer / songwriter / A&R man Richard "Richie" Barrett was cremated at Laurel Hill West, but even the Beatles were early admirers of his work.

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13:58

Phebe Blessington: Covering Some of Your Favorites

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2023/09/05

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #054: "Hey, I Know That Song", Part 4 Leonard "Hub" Hubbard was founding member of The Roots whom I will cover in full in a later podcast. Phebe Blessington was an extremely popular local singer who was tragically killed while heading to a gig shortly after her 30th birthday.

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21:01

Brenda Payton & The Tabulations

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2023/09/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #054: "Hey, I Know That Song", Part 3 After Brenda Payton was discovered while singing on a street corner, she was soon high on the R&B charts with songs like "Dry Your Eyes" and "Right on the Tip of My Tongue"

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21:17

William Kirkpatrick & Away in a Manger

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2023/09/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #054: "Hey, I Know That Song", Part 2 William Kirkpatrick was an Irish-born hymn writer whose Christmas carol you have been singing all your life. It is highly likely you have sung other hymns written by him without knowing the composer.

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33:42

Septimus Winner: Of Mockingbirds, Indians, and Little...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2023/09/02

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #054: "Hey, I Know That Song", Part 1 Septimus Winner composed several ear worms you sang as a child or with your children, including "Listen to the Mockingbird" and "Ten Little Indians".

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02:00:53

ABC#054 Hey! I Know That Song! - Composers and...

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2023/09/01

Septimus Winner was the composer of several catchy songs you sang as a child or have sung with your children William Kirkpatrick was a hymn writer whose Christmas carol you have been singing all your life Brenda Payton was lead singer for the R&B group Brenda and the Tabulations Phebe Blessington was an up-and-coming singer-songwriter who was killed in an auto accident shortly after her 30th birthday Singer / songwriter / A&R man Richie Barrett’s final services and cremation were at Laurel

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43:45

BBB#023: Philadelphia’s First Gentleman - Henry...

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2023/08/15

Andy Warhol considered him "the only person in town with glamour." The Philadelphia Art Alliance deemed him "the first gentleman of Philadelphia." Connoisseur Magazine named him one of the top ten art collectors of all time. When Henry Plumer McIlhenny died in 1986, he left everything - an estimated $100M worth - to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he had served for 50 years as curator, trustee and chairman of the board. His collections were housed in both his magnificent Rittenhouse

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09:23

Charles Baily's Last Round

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2023/08/05

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #053 - Suited to a Tee, part 4 Charles Baily met his final fate on the 4th green of Merion East Cricket Club in 1933

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20:57

George Thomas & Whitemarsh Country Club

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2023/08/04

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #053 - Suited to a Tee, part 3 George Clifford Thomas Jr. designed the original course at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, outside Philadelphia, and more than twenty courses in California, including Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades and Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga.

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20:32

Hugh Wilson and the Merion Golf Club

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2023/08/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #053 - Suited to a Tee, part 2 Hugh Wilson was one of six golf architects called "The Philadelphia School". He designed the classic Merion East Course, as well as the final four holes at Pine Valley.

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16:51

Ida Dixon - The First Woman Golf Architect

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2023/08/02

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #053 - Suited to a Tee, part 1 Ida Dixon was the first woman golf course architect in the country. Among her work is the Springhaven Club which is still in use.

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01:57:27

ABC#053: Suited to a Tee - Golf Course Pioneers

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2023/08/01

Philadelphia has been an epicenter for golf since the 1890s. There are dozens of golf courses within an easy drive of the city, and a few in the city itself. Ida Dixon is today recognized as the first woman golf course architect in the United States. Hugh Wilson and Charles Thomas were two of the six architects who made up what is called The Philadelphia School. The two of them helped build 4 of the top ranked courses in the country. Charles Baily met his final destiny on the 4th green of

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45:41

BBB #022: Shop Until Thou Droppest - Strawbridge &...

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2023/07/14

As transportation in and around Philadelphia improved in the mid 19th century and the population exploded, merchants found more people clamoring for their wares. Two Quakers – Justus Clayton Strawbridge and Isaac Hallowell Clothier – joined forces and opened a small fabric store on the corner of 8th and Market in 1868. By the end of the century, there were thousands of employees and they had expanded severalfold and became the biggest dry goods store in the country. Here is how it happened.

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19:15

Sarah Lee Lippincott & 20th Century Star-Gazing

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2023/07/05

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #052 - Reach for the Stars, part 4 Sarah Lee Lippincott, whose first husband was television pioneer Dave Garroway (See All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #013, On the Tube), became a beloved professor of astronomy and astrometry at Swarthmore University.

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18:45

William Rau & Capturing the Transit of Venus

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2023/07/04

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #052 - Reach for the Stars, part 3 Photography pioneer William Rau was tapped to be a photographer for the 1874 worldwide evaluation of the Transit of Venus, but most people involved in that venture would admit that photography was useless in capturing new information.

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16:35

Hannah Bouvier Peterson & Teaching the Stars

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2023/07/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #052 - Reach for the Stars, part 2 Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson was a popular author whose work “Familiar Astronomy” was the best-selling astronomy textbook in the 19th century.

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