A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh

The Bridgeville Area Historical Society kicked off its 2024/2025 program series with an interesting talk by Robert Stakeley, Coordinator of the Heinz History Center Affiliates Program. His subject was A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh, which, by coincidence, is the subject of the current special exhibit at the Heinz History Center. Mr. Stakeley is an excellent extemporaneous speaker, well versed in his subject. Unfortunately, his slides left a lot to be desired. I continue to be surprised how much more competent our students in the Civil Engineering Department are in putting together a Power Point presentation than many of the…