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Strikers stoning a trolley car during the General Strike of 1910

Mrs. Augusta Malcomson and daughter, Ruth with Senator Edge

This photo depicts Independence Hall in 1910.

A map depicting the Ukraine.

This photo depicts adult immigrants learning English in a classroom. Gruenberg had to teach Irishmen how to read and write.

This photo shows the New Century Club, which is where the Women's Birth Control League staged their first meeting in Philadelphia.

This photo shows a suffragist parade in 1917. Bertha Gruenberg and her husband participated in a parade similar to this one.

This photo depicts The Free Library of Philadelphia, Department for children. Gruenberg learned early on in Philadelphia that anyone who is anyone goes to a private library. She did not like the free libraries sounded like a charity case.

This photo depicts the Quaker Meeting House in Plymouth Meeting. Gruenberg and her husband spent a weekend at this house and met a ninety year old woman there. The woman was in shock that Gruenberg and her husband were from Minnesota.

An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.