Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society photographs

This image depicts a group of women in period dress posed outside the Ralston Center at 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Originally named the Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, the Ralston Center was founded in 1817 by Sarah Clarkson Ralston and a group of like-minded Philadelphians to provide a refuge for needy women.