MWHC Author Talk: Victorine Q. Adams, Baltimore Civil Rights Leader
(January 15, 2023) Author Ida E. Jones, a MWHC board member, reveals the story of the remarkable civic leader, Victorine Q. Adams and her crusade for equity for all people in Baltimore. Registration:...
Need a dose of art? MWHC announces 2023 schedule of women artist window exhibits and receptions
(January 10, 2023) Walk or ride by MWHC’s event venue, 333 N. Charles Street, to view a free rotating collection of art works by Maryland women. Now in its third year, the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) will introduce its 2023 rotating exhibit of the...
January 25th: Meet Maryland Suffragists who are on the National Votes for Women Trail
(January 10, 2023) Maryland suffragists who fought for voting equity and passage of the 19th Amendment all had a single goal, but each had a different life story. Harford County's Elizabeth Forbes landed in jail for her efforts. Augusta Chissell and Margaret...
Maryland Humanities awards Maryland Women’s Heritage Center $10,000 grant
(January 5, 2023) The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) is among 50 Maryland nonprofit organizations who received grant funding for general operations from Maryland Humanities’ SHINE (Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity)...
Free artist reception: Howard County resident Lisa Scarbath and her “Pieceful Designs”
(December 13, 2022) Join us on January 19, 2023 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. as we welcome the first artist of our 2023 Women Artists series. Lisa Scarbath is a resident artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. She creates wall art, decor,...
Before Baltimore’s Monument lighting evening, pop in to meet urban landscape painter Crystal Moll at MWHC
(November 10, 2022) Award-winning oil painter Crystal Moll captures some of Maryland's most-loved locations. On your way to Baltimore's traditional Monument Lighting on the evening of 12/1/2022, stop by our November/December women's artist series reception at 333 N....
Meet the author: Kathy Kleiman’s book “Proving Ground” places six women programmers in their rightful place in technology history
(October 28, 2022) After World War II, engineers and programmers rushed to make sure that the United States stayed ahead of the world in top-secret research into computing and ballistics. Officials at Aberdeen Proving Ground, located in Harford County, assigned six...
Unstoppable: The life of Fannie Lou Hamer, as told by high school student Micah Carroll
(September 30, 2022) Parkdale High School student Micah Carroll, winner of the 2022 Award for Excellence in Women's History, will share her research and new website about the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Born into a Mississippi sharecroppers family, Hamer...
Mailing Address:
Maryland Women’s
Heritage Center
P.O. Box 719
Brooklandville, MD 21022-0719
Location:
Open by appointment or for special events at this time
Maryland Women’s
Heritage Center
Marian House/Woman’s Industrial Exchange
333 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Executive Director
Diana M. Bailey
[email protected]
443-996-1788