Philadelphia in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Marie Curie, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Helen Keller.
Notable people
Marie Curie
in 1921
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1936
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Helen Keller
in 1931
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1939
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Golda Meir
in 1918
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Moments
- 1918 American Jewish Congress convention Golda Meir
- 1921 Visits the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Marie Curie
- 1931 Honorary degree at Temple University Helen Keller
- 1936 Renominated in Philadelphia Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1939 Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Kwame Nkrumah