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The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform
The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform Window-box gardening has been a tradition in Philadelphia since the 1800s, but its role in urban reform was largely overlooked until recent research by historian Sonja Dümpelmann. Women’s window-box gardens were used as a means of female social reform during the Progressive […]
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