Before Baltimore’s Monument lighting evening, pop in to meet urban landscape painter Crystal Moll at MWHC

by Kathi Santora | Nov 10, 2022

(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...

Meet the author: Kathy Kleiman’s book “Proving Ground” places six women programmers in their rightful place in technology history

by Kathi Santora | Oct 28, 2022

(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

by Kathi Santora | Sep 30, 2022

(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...

MWHC and Doors Open Baltimore: Now’s your chance to visit our home in the historic Woman’s Industrial Exchange

by Kathi Santora | Sep 28, 2022

(September 28, 2022) The MWHC, now located in the former Woman’s Industrial Exchange (WIE), will be one of 43 sites open to the public for free during Doors Open Baltimore 2022.  Doors Open Baltimore celebrates the city’s unique places like...

Nobody tells stories like Grandmother Edna Williams, long-time MWHC supporter

by Kathi Santora | Sep 27, 2022

no images were found (September 27, 2022) In African countries, the person known as “griot” commands unique respect. They are the storytellers who pass on cultural heritage and wisdom from generation to generation. In Baltimore, Grandmother Edna Williams, has become...