Jewish Women on the Map - Maennerchor Hall
Location
Maennerchor Hall
franklin st. and fairmount ave
19123
Philadelphia, PA
United States
On this location, April 14, 1875, a "Spelling Bee" was held as a benefit for the first Hebrew Sunday School, started by Rebecca Gratz in 1838, on her fifty-seventh birthday "with sixty students enrolled. Gratz became the school's superintendent and served for more than twenty-five years."
For more, see Woman of Valor: Rebecca Gratz, Hebrew Sunday School.
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History happened here (strike, speech, event, etc.)
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