Philadelphia has been making American HERstory for hundreds of years.
Hannah Callowhill Penn, Margaret Mead, Maria Anne Fisher, Grace Kelly, Oney Judge Staines, Harriet Forten Purvis, Betsy Ross, Patti LaBelle, Eve, and Katherine Drexel are just a handful of the Philly natives who made a lasting impact in their respective fields.
There’s a year-round tour that’ll introduce you to several of these great female leaders of the past, but March also brings dozens of other opportunities to learn about them — and to meet women making a difference today.
You can go to happy hours, attend film screenings and discussions, sing karaoke, participate in workshops or dance at the crack of dawn, all for the sake of celebrating womanhood and whatever being a woman may mean for you.
Here are 40 ways to honor Women’s History Month in Philadelphia.
HerStory happy hour and reception
Who: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and Women in Media
Where: CIC Philadelphia, 3675 Market St.
When: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 6
Cost: Free
Captain Marvel advance screening
Who: Philadelphia Film Society
Where: Prince Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.
Date: 7 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 7
Cost: $13
Rewriting the Story of Girls’ Education in STEM
Who: Professor Kim Tolley and Dr. Natalie King
Where: Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 W Montgomery Ave.
Date: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 7
Cost: Free
America’s Jewish Women
Who: Professor and historian Pamela Nadell
Where: National Museum of American Jewish History,101 S. Independence Mall East
Date: 7 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 7
Cost: $10
Philly Unite: International Women’s Day Jam
Who: Philly Unite and Masha T.
Where: 2207 N American St.
Date: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday, Mar. 8
Cost: $10
International Women’s Day: An evening of open dialogue & games
Where: Original 13 Ciderworks, 1526 N American St.
Date: 6 p.m. Friday, Mar. 8
Cost: Pay as you go
Welcome The Stranger: Reimagining Heroes Past & Present
Who: Ceramicist Micaela Amateau Amato
Where: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut St.
Date: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Mar. 8
Cost: Free ($12 donation suggested)
International Womxn’s Day
Who: Asian Arts Initiative and Qunify
Where: Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St.
Date: 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Mar. 8
Cost: Sliding scale
International Women’s Day happy hour
Who: Professional Women’s Roundtable
Where: PJ Clarke’s, 601 Walnut St.
Date: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 8
Cost: Pay as you go
Jeans, Pearls, Just Us Girls Women’s Conference
Who: Lady Tiffany Simmons and the Women of Destiny
Where: First Baptist Church-Paschall, 7100 Woodland Ave.
Date: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 9
Cost: $40
Mar. To End Rape Culture karaoke benefit
Who: Mar. to End Rape Culture
Where: Win Win Coffee Bar, 931 Spring Garden St.
Date: 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 9
Cost: $5-10 sliding scale donation at the door
MilkGirl Presents: Women Who Kill (With Comedy)
Who: Maddie McLennon and friends
Where: MilkBoy, 401 South St.
Date: 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 9
Cost: Free
Community Care with Blew Kind: Poetry workshop with tea & talks
Who: Blew Kind, owner of Franny Lou’s Porch
Where: Free Library Culinary Literacy Center, 1901 Vine St.
Date: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 9
Cost: $10
Macy’s Family Funday: Through HER Own Lens
Who: Macy’s and AAMP
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St.
Date: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 9
Cost: $14
ANNA’s Singing Out Proudly for International Women’s Day
Who: Anna Crusis Women’s Choir
Where: Parkway Free Library, 1901 Vine St.
Date: 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 10
Cost: Free
Sisters in Freedom screening
Who: History Making Productions
Where: Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library, 5800 Cobbs Creek Pkwy.
Date: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Mar. 11
Cost: Free
Girl Scouts birthday happy hour
Who: Girl Scouts of Eastern Pa.
Where: City Tap House UCity, 3925 Walnut St.
Date: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 12
Cost: Pay as you go
Film screening and discussion: Say Her Name
Who: Penn Center for Africana Studies
Where: Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.
Date: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 14
Cost: Free
Running from the Washingtons
Who: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St.
Date: 6 to 8 p.m Thursday, Mar. 14
Cost: $8
The Future is Feminine
Who: Daybreaker PHL
Where: Fillmore Philly, 29 E Allen St.
Date: 6 to 9 a.m. Friday, Mar. 15
Cost: $35
#MeToo Global Roundtable
Who: Temple’s Student Success Center
Where: Temple Writing Center, 1809 N 13th St.
Date: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, Mar. 15
Cost: Free
Black Womxn Time Camp
Who: Black Quantum Futurism
Where: Vox Populi, 319 N 11th St.
Date: 12 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 16
Cost: Sliding scale
AXIA: A Celebration of Extraordinary Greek American Women
Who: Greek American Heritage Society
Where: Stotesbury Mansion, 1923 Walnut St.
Date: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 16
Cost: $35
WASC Women’s History Month: Telling Our Stories
Who: Women Authors For Social Change
Where: Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library, 68 W. Chelten Ave.
Date: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 16
Cost: Free
Grassroots Organizing in the Era of #MeToo
Who: Penn’s Perry World House, Alice Paul Center and Ortner Center
Where: Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk
Date: 12 to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Mar. 18
Cost: Free
History After Hours: Burn After Reading
Who: Museum of the American Revolution
Where: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S Third St.
Date: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 19
Cost: $10
C U Next Tuesday: A Ke$ha Party
Who: Live Nation
Where: The Fillmore, 29 E Allen St.
Date: 9 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 19
Cost: $5
Radical Menstruation & Moon Cycles
Who: Artists Sadie Francis and Rachael Amber
Where: The Common Room, 1509 N Front St.
Date: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 20
Cost: $25
Women’s Small Business Development
Who: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and young professional Michelle Snow
Where: City Hall, 1400 JFK Blvd.
Date: 12 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 20
Cost: Free
They Persisted: Three Centuries of Philadelphia’s Courageous Women
Who: Philadelphia’s Historic Neighborhood Consortium
Where: Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St.
Date: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 22
Cost: $30
Women Of Class celebration ceremony
Who: Social World Networking Professionals
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St.
Date: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Mar. 22
Cost: $40
Women in STEM Day
Who: The Franklin Institute
Where: Franklin Institute, 271 N 21st St.
Date: 10 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 23
Cost: $23
A World of Blue: Cyanotypes and Early Photography
Who: Atlas Obscura
Where: The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St.
Date: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 23
Cost: $90
Miss Philadelphia & Miss Philadelphia’s Outstanding Teen 2019
Who: Miss Philadelphia Scholarship Organization
Where: Venice Island Performing Arts Center, 7 Lock St.
Date: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 23
Cost: Free
Knife Skills with Chef Clara Park: Soup’s On!
Who: Chef Clara Park
Where: Free Library Culinary Literacy Center, 1901 Vine St.
Date: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Mar. 25
Cost: $20
Library Pop-up: Women’s History Month
Who: Mutter Museum
Where: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S 22nd St.
Date: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 26
Cost: $18
An Evening with Women in Leadership
Who: Jeri Lynn Johnson, Neeek Nyce, Carol Stoudt, Emily Selvin, Alicia Meyer
Where: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut St.
Date: 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 28
Cost: $15
Make Trouble: Stand Up, Speak Out
Who: Cecile Richards and 6ABC’s Tamala Edwards
Where: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St.
Date: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 28
Cost: $26
Classy Broads and Daring Dames of South Laurel Hill
Who: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Where: Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Ave.
Date: 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 31
Cost: $15
Bad & Boozy Brunch
Who: DJ Xtina
Where: City Tap House UCity, 3925 Walnut St.
Date: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 31
Cost: Pay as you go
