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Before 1910 most African American women who lived in Lansdowne were domestic workers who lived in the homes of well to do white families. But by 1910, women such as Margaret Hammond lived in their own homes. Margaret lived at 112 Bartram Ave. with her hus...
Lucy Biddle Lewis (1861-1941) was a Quaker peace activist in the first half of the 20th century. Lewis lived at 504 S. Lansdowne Ave. in 1910 with her family. In 1915 Lucy traveled with future Nobel Peace Laureate, Jane Addams of Chicago, and other Americ...
Phyllis Little moved to Lansdowne with her husband David and children in the mid-1960s, and immediately fell in love with the Borough from their home on East Albermarle Ave. After their three children began school, she was hired as the Secretary to the La...