MWHC News
Need a dose of art? MWHC announces 2023 schedule of women artist window exhibits and receptions
(January 10, 2023) Walk or ride by MWHC’s event venue, 333 N. Charles Street, to view a free rotating collection of art works by Maryland women. Now in its third year, the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) will introduce its 2023 rotating exhibit of the...
January 25th: Meet Maryland Suffragists who are on the National Votes for Women Trail
(January 10, 2023) Maryland suffragists who fought for voting equity and passage of the 19th Amendment all had a single goal, but each had a different life story. Harford County's Elizabeth Forbes landed in jail for her efforts. Augusta Chissell and Margaret...
Maryland Humanities awards Maryland Women’s Heritage Center $10,000 grant
(January 5, 2023) The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) is among 50 Maryland nonprofit organizations who received grant funding for general operations from Maryland Humanities’ SHINE (Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity)...
Free artist reception: Howard County resident Lisa Scarbath and her “Pieceful Designs”
(December 13, 2022) Join us on January 19, 2023 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. as we welcome the first artist of our 2023 Women Artists series. Lisa Scarbath is a resident artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. She creates wall art, decor,...
Before Baltimore’s Monument lighting evening, pop in to meet urban landscape painter Crystal Moll at MWHC
(November 10, 2022) Award-winning oil painter Crystal Moll captures some of Maryland's most-loved locations. On your way to Baltimore's traditional Monument Lighting on the evening of 12/1/2022, stop by our November/December women's artist series reception at 333 N....
Meet the author: Kathy Kleiman’s book “Proving Ground” places six women programmers in their rightful place in technology history
(October 28, 2022) After World War II, engineers and programmers rushed to make sure that the United States stayed ahead of the world in top-secret research into computing and ballistics. Officials at Aberdeen Proving Ground, located in Harford County, assigned six...
Unstoppable: The life of Fannie Lou Hamer, as told by high school student Micah Carroll
(September 30, 2022) Parkdale High School student Micah Carroll, winner of the 2022 Award for Excellence in Women's History, will share her research and new website about the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Born into a Mississippi sharecroppers family, Hamer...
MWHC and Doors Open Baltimore: Now’s your chance to visit our home in the historic Woman’s Industrial Exchange
(September 28, 2022) The MWHC, now located in the former Woman's Industrial Exchange (WIE), will be one of 43 sites open to the public for free during Doors Open Baltimore 2022. Doors Open Baltimore celebrates the city's unique places like our home in...
Nobody tells stories like Grandmother Edna Williams, long-time MWHC supporter
(September 27, 2022) In African countries, the person known as “griot” commands unique respect. They are the storytellers who pass on cultural heritage and wisdom from generation to generation. In Baltimore,...
Almost forgotten Baltimore history: Maryland Women’s Heritage Center and Marian House to preserve the history of Baltimore’s Woman’s Industrial Exchange
(August 2, 2022) Despite its landmark status at 333 N. Charles Street in Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood, and its fond memories in the hearts of many longtime Baltimoreans, no one has documented and celebrated the history of the Woman’s Industrial Exchange...
