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Harriett’s Bookshop is a small, black-owned business located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Its mission is to celebrate women authors, artists, and activists in honor of historic heroine, Harriet Tubman. Six weeks after the store’s grand opening on February 1, 2020, Harriett’s was forced to close their doors indefinitely as the COVID-19 virus ravaged communities throughout the world. Many small businesses were unable to survive this devastating time, but shop owner Jeannine A. Cook employed unconventional methods to keep the business afloat—she moved the inventory outside and sold books on the honor system; she delivered books on horseback to children throughout the city. In the following year, business expanded to open Ida's Bookshop in Collingswood, NJ and, most recently, Josephine's Bookshop in Paris. In 2024, Harriett’s continues to thrive on the corner of Girard and Marlborough where the story first began.