The Ladies of the Street: How Women Saved the Centennial World's Fair in Philadelphia
The Ladies of the Street describes how Philadelphia women defied a corrupt organization to create some of the fair's most memorable monuments.
One of the few bright spots of the Sesqui-Centennial was the High Street of 1776, a recreation of a Federal-era Market Street lined with 22 reconstructions of vanished historic structures, from William Penn's Slate Roof House to the Jefferson Declaration House.
Created by the Women's Committee, the Street of 1776 was the Sesqui's most popular single attraction, and one of the few to turn a profit. Other popular attractions created by women included Sulgrave Manor, a replica of the ancestral English home of the Washington family.