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Self-Guided Walking Tour Boathouse Row
Walking Tour
06 Mar 25
Body of Water: A Rowing River Mystery
art
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Reviews
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Uncategorized
20 Dec 24
A Wild West Rowing Story
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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History
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Reviews
16 May 24
On Arabs and Jews and Rowing
History
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Reviews
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Uncategorized
26 Nov 23
Rowing for Grace
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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History
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Uncategorized
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Women
04 Jun 23
How that Regatta Detour Came to Be
Author's Reflections
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History
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Racing
16 Apr 23
Rick Stehlik: Carving Out History
art
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History
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Malta Boat Club
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Thomas Eakins
16 Mar 23
Remembering John Izzard
African Americans
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News
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Undine Barge Club
22 Sep 22
Philly Women Host New Stamp Launch
art
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News
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Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club
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Uncategorized
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Women
12 May 22
A Calyo Up for Auction
art
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History
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Undine Barge Club
23 Feb 22
Penn’s Boathouse: Something Old, A Lot That’s New
Architecture
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Collegiate rowing
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Uncategorized
29 Oct 21
Shocking! They Fixed Races Then
art
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History
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Racing
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Thomas Eakins
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Uncategorized
18 Oct 21
A Vision for Philly’s Parkway
Architecture
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art
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Author's Reflections
02 Aug 21
Ted Nash, 1932-2021
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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News
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Olympics
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Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club
05 Jul 21
It’s Official: Kudos for Cwiklinski
Characters
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News
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Racing
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Vesper Boat Club
16 Jun 21
So, Who Was “Dad” Vail?
Collegiate rowing
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History
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Racing
07 May 21
More Kudos for Cwiklinski
Collegiate rowing
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News
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Olympics
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Vesper Boat Club
05 Mar 21
The 76ers, Diversity and Boathouse Row
African Americans
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News
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PennAC
08 Jan 21
The Pioneering Women Who First Raced Abroad
History
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Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club
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Racing
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Uncategorized
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Women
29 Nov 20
The “Lehman” Destroyer
History
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News
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Vesper Boat Club
09 Nov 20
Remembering Joe Sweeney
Author's Reflections
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History
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News
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PennAC
07 Sep 20
How Women Won the Right to Row
History
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Olympics
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Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club
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Racing
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Thomas Eakins
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Women
11 Aug 20
Rowing While Black
African Americans
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History
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News
25 Jun 20
A Hearty Hartigan Farewell
Collegiate rowing
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History
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News
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Olympics
18 Jun 20
The Virus that Bred the Sport of Rowing
Architecture
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Author's Reflections
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Bachelors Barge Club
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History
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Olympics
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Uncategorized
09 Apr 20
Great Reads on Rowing
African Americans
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High school rowing
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Reviews
16 Mar 20
Manny and “The Flicks”
High school rowing
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History
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Racing
08 Feb 20
Viva the Viking
art
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History
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News
30 Jan 20
Remembering Joan Lind
Olympics
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Racing
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Women
08 Jan 20
Anita DeFrantz: A Quiet Force
African Americans
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History
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Olympics
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Racing
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Vesper Boat Club
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Women
09 Dec 19
1876: Racing at the Centennial
Author's Reflections
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History
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News
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Racing
06 Nov 19
Hailing Coxswain John Hartigan
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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History
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News
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Uncategorized
27 Oct 19
The Amlongs: Part of a Victorious “Motley Crew”
Racing
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Vesper Boat Club
25 Oct 19
Lest We Forget Coach Joe Burk
Author's Reflections
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Characters
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Collegiate rowing
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History
15 Oct 19
“Row the Boat”: A Philosophy for Living
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
19 Aug 19
How Jack Kelly Touched the Life of a Cornell Oarsman
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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Racing
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Vesper Boat Club
19 Jul 19
RIP Joe Amlong, Olympian
History
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Vesper Boat Club
06 Jul 19
Salvaging History
Bachelors Barge Club
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History
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Malta Boat Club
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Uncategorized
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Undine Barge Club
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university Barge Club
21 Jun 19
Who was E. T. Stotesbury?
Bachelors Barge Club
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History
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Racing
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Uncategorized
16 May 19
Success! River to be Dredged
Dredging
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News
01 May 19
Living Inside Boathouse Row
Architecture
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History
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News
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Undine Barge Club
03 Mar 19
Rebirth of an Old Park House
Architecture
,
History
05 Feb 19
A White Rower Reflects on a Fists-Raised Olympics
African Americans
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History
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News
18 Dec 18
Joe Sweeney’s View from Boathouse Row
Architecture
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art
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News
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Undine Barge Club
14 Dec 18
Clean-up Kudos for Boathouse Row
environment
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News
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university Barge Club
30 Nov 18
The Hitler Olympics: A Fuller Truth?
Author's Reflections
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Collegiate rowing
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History
,
Racing
09 Nov 18
Why Race to the Regatta?
News
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Racing
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Thomas Eakins
25 Oct 18
Kudos to Vicky Opitz!
News
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Racing
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Women
08 Oct 18
Famous Viking Knocked from Pedestal
History
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News
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sculpture
02 Oct 18
Chill! Remembering a Cool Row
Uncategorized
30 Aug 18
H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Helped Me, Too
Author's Reflections
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Characters
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News
05 Aug 18
A Prince, a Mayor, and Jake Tapper
Uncategorized
10 Jul 18
Hidden Visions of Frank Furness
Architecture
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History
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Undine Barge Club
23 Jun 18
The Crew that Rowed to NYC
Bachelors Barge Club
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History
31 May 18
Can the Row’s Relics be Rescued?
Archiving
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Bachelors Barge Club
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History
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Malta Boat Club
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Undine Barge Club
15 Apr 18
John Izzard: On Race and Rowing
African Americans
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History
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Undine Barge Club
02 Mar 18
Jim Barker: A Quiet Force for Diversity
Characters
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History
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Undine Barge Club
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Women
25 Feb 18
Anita DeFrantz: “My Olympic Life”
Characters
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History
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Women
14 Feb 18
Eagles Win River Bet!
Author's Reflections
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News
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Uncategorized
06 Feb 18
Joan Specter: A Rower with Recipes
Author's Reflections
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Bachelors Barge Club
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History
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Women
29 Jan 18
Skating in Thomas Eakins’ Time
History
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Thomas Eakins
04 Jan 18
Why We Must Dredge Boathouse Row Now!!
News
20 Dec 17
Behind the Lights of Boathouse Row
Architecture
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History
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News
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Women
13 Dec 17
Rowing at Undine in the early 1860s
History
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Undine Barge Club
11 Dec 17
Joseph Boggs Beale and Philly’s Film History
History
03 Dec 17
John B. Kelly Jr Enters Sports Hall of Fame
Characters
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History
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News
02 Nov 17
Thomas Eakins: His Rowing Roots
Characters
,
History
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Racing
23 Oct 17
The Rising Tide of Dragon Boating
Dragon Boating
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News
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Racing
04 Oct 17
Coach Stan Bergman: His Turf is the Surf
Author's Reflections
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History
17 Aug 17
The Challenges of Lake Rowing
Author's Reflections
10 Aug 17
Who is “Stotesbury” of the Stotesbury Regatta?
Characters
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History
02 Aug 17
Sedgeley: First Women on the Row
History
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Women
31 Jul 17
Dotty Honored by Schuylkill Navy
Author's Reflections
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News
31 Jul 17
Temple Crew–Home At Last
News
31 Jul 17
Gus Constant and the Women of 1976
History
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Women
28 Jul 17
A Hidden Philly Gem: The Corinthian Yacht Club
History
28 Jul 17
The Trials and Triumphs of Seattle’s Early Oarswomen
History
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Women
28 Jul 17
Anne Boyle Gilmartin: She Raced in the 1950s
History
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Women
27 Jul 17
Jinx Becker: An Early Champion Reminisces
History
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Women
27 Jul 17
The (1927) Poetry of Wellesley College Crew
History
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Women
26 Jul 17
1936 Olympics: What Might Have Been
History
,
Racing
26 Jul 17
Boys in the Boat, HOSR 2016
News
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Racing
25 Jul 17
Who Were the Men in 1956 Crew?
Characters
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History
25 Jul 17
Phila. Inquirer Runs Excerpt of My Book
Reviews
25 Jul 17
Temple Coach Gavin White: On Tom Curran
Characters
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History
24 Jul 17
Reflecting on Head of Schuylkill Regatta
News
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Racing
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Women
24 Jul 17
A Notorious Irish Prison Reveals the True Kelly Story
History
20 Jul 17
My Identity Crisis: Me as Marketer?
Author's Reflections
15 Sep 16
Women’s Rowing First Made Waves in Philly
History
12 Aug 16
News / Blog
News
28 Jul 16
Reviews & Interviews
Reviews
28 Jul 16
Related Resources
Resources
28 Jul 16
