MWHC News
Maryland Commission for Women: Make your voice heard about COVID’s impact on you, your family, job and community
(August 12, 2021) The Maryland Commission for Women is conducting an online survey to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the women of our state, how they experienced the pandemic, and what is needed to begin a “new normal.” We invite women...
Women’s Equality Day Celebration set for August 28th in Garrett County
(July 27, 2021) Garrett County women's and voting organizations will hold their Women’s Equality Day Celebration 2021 on Saturday August 28, 2021 at Sang Run State Park. Festivities will include live monologues featuring Maryland suffragists, photo...
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center celebrates Garrett County’s suffragists at Victorian Chautauqua
(July 12, 2021) While women were fighting for suffrage in Maryland’s towns and cities during the 1900s, women in rural Garrett County were doing the same. This year, the MWHC was proud to partner with AAUW (American Association of University Women)-Garrett Branch to...
Special Prize in Women’s History awarded to Old Mill High School student
(July 8, 2021) Rebekah from Old Mill High School won the Special Prize in Women’s History during Maryland Humanities’ Maryland History Day. The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center sponsors the prize every year. DOWNLOAD: Rebekah's senior paper, From Uncle Tom to The...
Women’s Equality Day Celebration 2021
Join us August 28, 2021 for events in the following locations: Allegany, Baltimore City, Garrett, Montgomery, Prince George's, Southern Maryland, Worcester. Download the Flyer
New Location for the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Marian House has agreed to lease the 1,000 sq. ft. storefront space of the Woman’s Industrial Exchange Building at 333 North Charles Street to the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center. The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) was established to preserve the past,...
