Women in Pittsburgh history

Native American tribes were the first to settle in western Pennsylvania. The names they gave rivers and towns are still here today, but many leaders of…

Industrial hemp is making a comeback in Pennsylvania after nearly a century of being illegal. The crop can be used to manufacture rope and clothing. Back…

In 1960, the same year the Pittsburgh Pirates won their third World Series title, another athletic league was making a name for itself in the city. That’s…

In 1893, Bertha Lamme became the country’s first female engineer when she took a job at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.Lamme grew up on a farm in…

In the early 1900s, Jean Hamilton became the first African-American woman to receive her bachelor's and doctorate degrees from the University of…