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Finding a place to call home was essential to those leaving the Jim Crow South seeking opportunities. For many, their first safe haven was the Ruth L. Bennett Home in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her life of service is explored through first-person accounts, archival photos, and historical documentation.
Apr 4, 2016 · The Ruth L. Bennett House is the original house where Bennett took in African Americans looking for shelter during the Great Migration. It will soon be turned into a museum. The Ruth L. Bennett Homes is the most expansive public housing development in Chester, with over 260 homes.
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With beautiful, true-to-event illustrations reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, and with facts on every page about baseball, the stadium, the teams, and that very first fateful game that christened the original Yankee Stadium, The House That Ruth Built is the perfect book for kids and baseball fans everywhere. Take a step into the past and watch ...
When World War II brought a new wave of southerners to Chester, the Bennett House and nursery redoubled their efforts. “Bennett girls,” as they were known, also became welders in the Sun Shipyards. President of the Chester Improvement Club for more than 30 years, Ruth Bennett died in 1947.
Ruth L. Bennett (June 21, 1866 – February 24, 1947) was an American social reformer, women's club founder and the first president of the Chester, Pennsylvania branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons (NAACP).
The now historic 1880-era Queen Anne house, founded by the “Ruth L. Bennett Improvement Club” in 1918, and the adjacent Wilson Memorial Nursery in 1929, was from its inception a safe haven; a home that provided protection and care.
With beautiful, true-to-event illustrations reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, and with facts on every page about the stadium, the teams, and that very first fateful game that christened the original Yankee Stadium, The House That Ruth Built is the perfect book for kids and baseball fans everywhere.
