by Kathi Santora | May 21, 2023
(May 21, 2023) Once-forgotten history lies under downtown Baltimore’s Verizon Central Office Building at Charles and Pleasant streets. At 15 E. Pleasant Street suffragist (and maternal aunt of actress Katharine Hepburn) Edith Houghton Hooker founded the Just...
by Kathi Santora | Apr 10, 2023
(April 10, 2023) After your day at the Flower Mart on Friday May 5, walk just a few blocks south on Charles Street to the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC), now located in the former Woman’s Industrial Exchange (WIE). MWHC is documenting the history...
by Kathi Santora | Apr 3, 2023
(April 3, 2023) Want to research the life of a family member or local woman of note? You don’t need to be a trained historical or genealogist. Join the MWHC and the Allegany and Garrett County libraries to learn how to get started. You can “add HER story...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 30, 2023
(March 30, 2023) The Baltimore Banner recently featured MWHC’s unique project, Memories of the Woman’s Industrial Exchange, which will preserve the memories of the workers and volunteers who shaped the Woman’s Industrial Exchange (WIE) into a...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 15, 2023
(March 15, 2023) Current Baltimore County Fire Chief Joanne R. Rund and retired Howard County Fire Chief Christine Uhlhorn will join a discussion and slide show about women firefighters in Maryland, sponsored by the Fire Museum of Maryland and the Maryland...
by Kathi Santora | Mar 12, 2023
(March 10, 2023) Eleven MWHC board members and friends travelled to Maryland Public Television’s (MPT) production studio in Owings Mills on Tuesday March 7, 2023 to serve as pledge night volunteers. MPT has called on MWHC in the past for its expertise in...
