[PRCo] Re: Anti-Streetcar Anne X. Alpern

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

From: "Barry, Matthew R" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
To: "pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 12:00:23 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Anti-Streetcar Anne X. Alpern

Anne X. Alpern was a real charmer, wasn't she?
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BecMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3GoDAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20railways&pg=4004%2C5811994
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Mr.Barry;


Interesting that in 1952 Pgh retained 87% of its trolley
system;  the national average was 16% according to
the article.  Wonder what the 'X' stood for.

I found this about her:
"Established in 1994, the award was named for Anne X. Alpern,
Pennsylvania's attorney general in 1959 and the first woman 
state
attorney general in the United States."
http://www.duanemorris.com/pressreleases/pressrelease3290.html

The PA Bar Assoc http://www.pabar.org/ seems to make this
award.  Here is a search for her at that site:
http://www.pabar.org/bin/Search/All/sessearch.exe?q=alpern


 

Phil