by Kathi Santora | Apr 9, 2024
(April 9, 2024) The Maryland ERA-affirming resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 1, passed on the House floor. The resolution clearly affirms the Legislature’s view that the federal Equal Rights Amendment is valid and should finally be published as a part of the United...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 30, 2024
(March 30, 2024) In 1948, when Phyllis Ann Wallace earned her PhD from Yale, Black people still couldn’t eat in many restaurants or try on clothes in department stores. Women, Black and White, were shut out of workplaces or treated poorly. With a stellar combination...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 29, 2024
(March 29, 2024) By the time astronaut Mary Cleave moved to Maryland in 1991 to work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, she had already flown on two Atlantis Space Shuttle missions. In those, she orbited the Earth 172 times, traveling 3.94 million miles. An...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 28, 2024
(March 28, 2024) Liriodendron, a historic mansion located in Bel Air, will host several events and an exhibition during April that recall valiant Maryland women who fought for voting rights. Visitors can view Liriodendron’s Votes for Women exhibit during...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 22, 2024
(March 22, 2024) Takoma Park-based acrylic and ink artist Ava Dennis is MWHC’s latest featured woman artist. A free reception (open to all) will take place on Friday April 26, 2024 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center at 333...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 19, 2024
(March 19, 2024) Celebrate Women’s History Month and the Laurel Museum’s exhibit It’s All Laurel in this panel presentation. Hear from women business owners and nonprofit representatives in Laurel about their businesses and services, and why they chose to call...
