Sara Oberholtzer and Philadelphia Thrift
Update: 2025-08-14
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Biographical Bytes from Bala #057 for mid-August 2025
Sara Louisa Oberholtzer was a feminist, an abolitionist, and a temperance advocate who helped establish school bank accounts for millions of American children during the "Thrift" movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her legacy for thrift in Philadelphia is second only to Benjamin Franklin's.
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