History

Nell McShane Wulfhart tells the history of how stewardesses became flight attendants and their influence on the labor movement in her book "The Great Stewardess Rebellion."

Jody Rosen, author of "Two Wheels Good," on the history of the bicycle and how it shaped the world - Victorian suffragettes, Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers, and urban yuppies.

The Marvel Carriage Museum in Georgetown will get nearly $25,000 in funding from the town, even though it still flies the Confederate flag.

Some 40 years before Klondike decided to discontinue it, the childhood favorite frozen treat was likely invented in Philly.

Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools.

Pete Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball.

After a relatively mild start to summer, the heat is on.

Marguerite Walz was part of a racist 1920s movement worried jazz would erode “decency” and encourage race-mixing and promiscuity.

The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum.

The decadeslong mystery turned last year to land next to a former landfill under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City.

James A. Michener, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Tales from the South Pacific,” credited his start to a title published in 1930.

The area now being protected was home to prominent Black doctors, pastors, architects, small business owners, and politicians since the early 1900s.

A mastodon named Fred, also known as the Buesching mastodon, is a distant relative of the modern elephant. His remains reveal the story of his life and violent end.

Old City and Logan Square became a melting pot of culture today as Philadelphia turned out to celebrate the Fourth of July.

After British troops surrendered at the Battle of Princeton, Britain never regained full control of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.