Edith ”Jackie” Ronne, a Baltimore native, never expected to accompany her husband’s scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1947. Joining that excursion meant that she was the first American woman to land in the frozen south. Ronne insisted that the chief pilot’s wife,...
Ann Joice (1660-1735) was born in the West Indies and taken to England before she was brought, as a slave, to Prince George’s County, Maryland. Joice always adamantly maintained that she was actually an indentured servant. She had vociferously related her story to...
The Baltimore Marriott Hunt Valley Inn ballroom was brightly decorated in pink and green linens and flowers as family members, a cross section of former elementary students, principals, church members, sorority members, neighbors and acquaintances from all walks of...
School Girls Unite, a group of Maryland middle and high school girls with a sister group in Mali, Africa, wrote and published a book based on their work supporting the sending of Malian girls to school. The book, Girls Gone Activist! How to Change the World Through...
Clara Hamilton was ahead of her time, with her plan for what is now known as the Oak Hill Historic District in Hagerstown, MD. Four Washington County Technical High School students, Hanna Leizear, Heaven Burkhammer, Christine Johnson and Kenise Lewis , turned Clara’s...
