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How Black Women Entrepreneurs Are Changing the U.S. Economic Landscape - Women's History Month 2025
At Pittsburgh Yards, we are proud to be a Place of Purpose, where we create spaces for Black women entrepreneurs to thrive. 
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March 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Worn #onthisday in 1897 by Charlotte Knaur at her #wedding to George Edgar in Pittsburgh, PA. By 1900, the marriage ended in a well publicized divorce due to George's “reckless spending of his means, staying away from home, dissipating and drinking to excess." #OTD

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September 30, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Their groundbreaking work became the basis for all paramedics training in the country. However, despite its success—racism and power dynamics in Pittsburgh shut down Freedom House in 1975, leaving its legacy almost lost to history.

Black History is American History.

Watch a 30m doc here:
Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders | PBS LearningMedia
In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s Hill District neighborhood, the paramedics of Freedom House Amb...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM