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The mission of the Maryland Women's Heritage Center is to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transmitting the experiences and contributions of Maryland women of diverse backgrounds and regions.

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Women’s History Month Event Celebrates Women’s Leadership at FSU

To expand our knowledge of the outstanding leaders of Maryland's past and present, the Heritage Center will honor women who have been inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. The inductees include historical and contemporary individuals from diverse backgrounds and areas of accomplishment from across the state.

Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
The 2008 Honorees

  • Eleanor Fagin, known as Billie Holiday
  • Ramona McCarthy Hawkins
  • Ellen Moses Heller
  • Pauline Menes
  • Toby Barbara Orenstein
  • Dr. Emily Wilson Walker
Admiral Grace Hopper
Developed COBOL computer language
Harriet Tubman
Led the Underground Railroad, bringing hundreds from slavery to freedom
Mary Katherine Goddard
Published the first signed copy of the Declaration of Independence
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig
Co-developed the "blue baby" heart surgery that saved thousands of lives
Margaret Brent
Fought for the right to vote as a woman in 1648.

Henrietta Szold
Founded schools for American immigrants, laying the foundation for modern-day Adult Education
Mary Lemist Titcomb
Founded the bookmobile, bringing literacy to rural communities

Mary Young Pickersgill
Made the famous Star Spangled Banner that flew over Ft. Mc Henry during the war of 1812
Anna Ella Carroll
Served as military adviser to President Lincoln
Frances Watkins Harper
Published some of the first African American poetry in the U.S.

Click here for a complete list from the Mayland Women's Hall of Fame online.

 


Women's Law Day

Thursday, May 8, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $20
In this informative program, you will have the opportunity to attend workshops that provide an overview of specific legal topics:

  • Child Custody & Support
  • Employment Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Immigration Law
  • Landlord/Tenant Law
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Separation and Divorce
  • Small Business Law


Click here for more information

Kate Campell Stevenson performs
"Petticoats in Politics"

March 28 & March 29
Using music and drama one woman brings ALIVE the many lives of women who sacrificed everything...
Read more about the events

 

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: LESSON IDEAS FOR TEACHERS

Lessons from the National Education Association (NEA) website to help teachers observe National Women's History Month

 

 
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