Chester’s Women Change Makers

Chester’s community historian and founding director of the YES Center, Twyla Simpkins, aka Ms. T, is pleased to make available the stories of ten amazing women who work tirelessly to better the quality of life in our city.

This information features the stories of activism and change making as told by women community leaders in Chester, Pennsylvania. The stories are part of the YES Center’s digital project on the legacy of Chester’s own Ruth L. Bennett, which explores Ms. Bennett’s enduring brand of activism, social change and racial justice in Chester then and now.

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