page_title: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club
hierarchical_section_title: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club
caption_attribution_description: English: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club #14 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, PA (1860)
context_page_description: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club located at #14 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest all-female rowing club in existence. Built in 1860, the Club's boathouse is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.
  PGRC was founded in 1938 by seventeen women who wanted to participate in the then predominantly male sport of rowing.
context_section_description: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club (commonly abbreviated PGRC) is an amateur rowing club located at #14 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest all-female rowing club in existence. Built in 1860, the Club's boathouse is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.
  PGRC was founded in 1938 by seventeen women (mostly wives of oarsmen at other clubs) who wanted to participate in the then predominantly male sport of rowing.
caption: Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club, # 14 Boathouse Row
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