Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia: Scrapbook

Women's Centennial Executive Committee 1876 Philadelphia

This drawing depicts the Women's Centennial Executive Committee, which campaigned for greater female involvement in the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, engaged in preparations. As the organizers of the Exhibition intended to represent hardly any women's work at the Exhibition, the Committee successfully raised money for a separate exhibition building for women.

Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia Scrapbook, Phila., Pa., Headquarters of the Women's Centennial Executive Committee, 903 Walnut St.-Mrs. E.D. Gillespie receiving reports from sub-committees, artist unknown; source: Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, PA, item No: c180430, https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/2421, public domain.