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“She Wishes to get a Permit to Sit in the Market:” Women, Welfare, and Food Selling in the Early Republic
Tuesday, October 6, 20269:00 PM
Free — no ticket needed
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
9:00 PM
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About this event
This paper examines the survival strategies of impoverished women in New York and Philadelphia during the early republic, focusing on their reliance on the Overseers of the Poor and public market administrators for support and places to sell foodstuffs.
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