Catherine Gietka has been an entrepreneur and leader in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood for more than 35 years. Her confectionary store supported the surrounding community and never turned anyone away hungry regardless of their ability to pay. She has been...
The Rev. Carrie M. Hopkins was born on October 23, 1906 to the late Richard and Rosa Stewart in Winton, North Carolina. She was called home on July 20, 1998 while in route to the United Baptist Ministers Evening Conference of Baltimore. Only formally educated to what...
The Spirited Women of Baltimore awards named Sheela Murthy the Spirited Woman of 2010, celebrating an accomplished, spirited woman who acts as an example, leader and mentor in her community and profession. Sheela Murthy grew up in poverty in India, and studied law...
Laura Neuman Volkman of Annapolis was named the 2010 Spirited Woman in Balance at the annual Spirited Women of Baltimore awards. At the age of 18, when she had just moved out of her parent’s home in Baltimore, she was tragically raped by an intruder who entered her...
Amy Kleine of Baltimore was named the 2010 Spirited Women Rising, recognizing an up and coming, young woman, at the annual Spirited Women of Baltimore awards. As a program director at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, she oversees grants made by the...
