women’s groups

Today, our intrepid volunteer, Dick Mardi, was going through some of our church records and came across a collection of papers from the Merchant Marine League of Norristown.  This group, which was affiliated with the Seamen’s Church Institute of Philadelphia, was made up of women who knitted sweaters, scarves, and ditty-bags (small bags where seamen… Read More »Merchant Marine League of Norristown