by Kathi Santora | Oct 31, 2024
(October 31, 2024) Joanne Goldsmith, a Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) founding board member and a continuous MWHC supporter, passed away on October 29, 2024. Among her many notable accomplishments, Joanne courageously stood up for desegregation and...
by Kathi Santora | Sep 23, 2024
(September 23, 2024) Want to research the life of a family member or local woman of note? You don’t need to be a trained historian or genealogist. Join the MWHC and the Worcester County Public Library to learn how to get started. You can “add HER story to history to...
by Kathi Santora | Sep 4, 2024
(September 4, 2024) Upcoming MWHC artist Malynda Madzel recently reflected on her unlikely path to becoming an artist in her 70s: “My journey into abstract painting began over 50 years ago, without a paint brush or a color chart anywhere in my line of vision. I...
by Kathi Santora | Aug 20, 2024
(August 20, 2024) These Maryland suffragists were among hundreds who fought for passage of the 19th amendment and the right to vote. They marched, picketed and wrote hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. At times, they were jeered, spit upon and even jailed....
by Kathi Santora | Aug 6, 2024
(August 2, 2024) Memories of Baltimore’s historic Woman’s Industrial Exchange (WIE) were in danger of fading into obscurity. However, the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) recently completed a two-year project to research and preserve artifacts found in the...
by Kathi Santora | Jul 1, 2024
(July 1, 2024) Connect with us to see how you can help us add “HERstory to history to tell OUR story.” We are looking for volunteers to join us in finding and saving the stories of Maryland’s memorable women, past and present. E-mail, text or call...
