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Last revised: August, 2009 Women in Maryland: A Resource Guide This guide is a selective list of resources on Women in Maryland. It is intended as a starting point to research and not as an exhaustive list of sources. Email the subject area specialist at Marylandia/Rare Books/NTL staff or call 301-405-9213 for more information. Table of Contents Internet Resources Finding Sources in the UM Libraries Reference Books Notable Maryland Women Selected Readings Internet Resources Maryland Women's Hall of Fame Online This Web site includes a biographical page on each of the over 100 Maryland women who have been inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Maryland History and Culture Bibliography A bibliography listing citations to books, articles, and dissertations on Maryland topics relating to history and culture. Search by the subject category "Women" or enter a specific name or subject term to search. Maryland Commision for Women The Web page of the Maryland agency which promotes the social, political, and economic equality of Maryland women. Especially useful is the page with links to online Publications produced by the Commission. Maryland Women's Heritage Center The Maryland Women's Heritage Center promotes knowledge about the contributions and experiences of Maryland women throughout the state's history. Included are a list of Renowned Maryland Women and a section on Unsung Heroines. Maryland Women's Heritage Trail Download the Maryland Women's History Project publication showcasing more than 150 sites in Maryland that reflect women's accomplishments. The Women's Law Center of Maryland A non-profit organization founded in 1971, the Women's Law Center of Maryland fights to preserve and protect the rights of women. Copies of their newsletters and annual reports and legal publications are available online. University of Maryland: Women of Maryland A listing of University of Maryland women faculty and staff who have made a difference. University of Maryland: Women's History at University of Maryland The history of women at the University of Maryland with links to further resources. return to top Finding Sources in the University of Maryland Libraries UM Libraries Catalog: Use the Catalog to search for books, journal titles, government documents, manuscript collections, and other materials owned by the UM Libraries. Check the box for "USMAI (All Campuses)" in order to search the entire UM System at once. You may search for a topic using word/s anywhere or subject word/s or use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (viewable within individual records or by using the "Subject Beginning with..." search) Some examples of possible subject headings: Women-Maryland Women-Maryland-Biography African American Women-Maryland Women Legislators-Maryland The search box below will open the Catalog and launch your search in a new window. Use Archives UM to find archival and manuscript collections at University of Maryland Libraries. Or use the guide Archives UM: Collections by Subject: Women. Use America: History and Life UM only to search for citations to periodical articles on U.S. history. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles. Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park. Use Biography and Genealogy Master Index UM only to search for citations to biographical sketches found in reference books; index only--no full text is included. Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park. Use Digital Dissertations UM only to search for theses and dissertations dating from 1861. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park. return to top Reference Books Behind the Maryland Scene: Women of Influence 1600-1800. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, Southern Maryland Regional Committee, 1977. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: F180.B393 Biographical information on women in colonial Maryland. Selected bibliography pp. 107-109. Beckles, Frances N. 20 Black Women: A Profile of Contemporary Black Maryland Women. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: E185.93.M2B47 Sketches of twenty African American women in Maryland. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1943. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Reference, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: E176.D562 Biographies of many prominent Maryland women are included in this general encyclopedia of American biography. Helmes, Winifred G. Notable Maryland Women. Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: CT239.N67 Short profiles of from two to ten pages in length of 100 Maryland women from all walks of life. Each biography includes a "Brief Bibliography" listing sources of information. Luckett, Margie Hersh. Maryland Women. Baltimore: King Bros, Inc., 1931-42. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: F180.L93 Volume 1-3 Biographies of Maryland women up to 1942. Especially useful for biographies of Maryland women in the early 20th century. Stegman, Carolyn B. Women of Achievement in Maryland History. University Park, Maryland: Women of Achievement, 2002. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Folio CALL NUMBER: HQ1438.M3S78 2002 Lives of over 300 Maryland women from the 1600s to 2002; includes a photo or image for almost all entries. Bibliography pp. 430-451. Who's Who of Maryland Women, 1930-1976. American Association of University Women, Maryland Division, 1976. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: CT239.A847 One paragraph biographies for Maryland women prominent from 1930-1976. return to top Notable Maryland Women A short list of signifcant women who have at least some Maryland connection. Many more women could be added. Many more books are available than those listed here; check the UM Libraries Catalog for further listings. Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) was a political activist, educator, and public servant from Salisbury, Maryland who served as Under-Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare during the Eisenhower administration. She served as Assistant Chairman of the Republican National Committee and became the first chair of the Federal Council on Aging. Helmes, Winifred G. Orchids in the Icebox: The Story of Bertha Adkins and Other Influential Women in the Eisenhower Administration. Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill Press, 2002 LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: F186.35.A45H45 2002 Clara Barton (1821-1912) is best known as a famous Civil War nurse and as the founder of the American Red Cross. She spent the last 15 years of her life in the house in Glen Echo, Maryland which also served as the headquarters of the American Red Cross. The National Park Service now administers the house as the Clara Barton Historic Site. See more resources Pryor, Elizabeth Brown. Clara Barton: Professional Angel. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1987. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: HV569.B3P78 1988 Papers of Clara Barton. Correspondence both by and about Clara Barton, newspaper clippings, and materials of the Women's Relief Corps. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Archives, Historical Manuscripts Margaret Brent (ca. 1601-1671) was a prominent colonial Marylander who emigrated from England in 1638. In 1648, she petitioned the Maryland General Assembly for the right to vote as a landowner and as an attorney for Lord Baltimore. Ramey, Mary E.W. Chronicles of Mistress Margaret Brent. 1915. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: F184.R3 Rosalie Stier Calvert (1778-1821) chronicled her life as mistress of a busy Maryland plantation in the early republic in letters she wrote to her family in Europe. Her son Charles Benedict Calvert founded the Maryland Agricultural College which is now the University of Maryland. Her home of Riversdale in Riverdale Park has been restored and can be visited. Calvert, Rosalie Stier. Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821. Edited by Margaret Law Callcott. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: F187.C5C35 1991 Riversdale Bookshelf online essays: Rosalie in her Riversdale Garden and Rosalie Stier Calvert as a Woman of Letters Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1894) was a politician, writer, and lobbyist active in the nineteenth century. See more resources Larson, C. Kay. Great Necessities: The Life, Times, and Writings of Anna Ella Carroll, 1815-1894. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2004. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: E472.9.L37 2004 Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a biologist, writer, and environmentalist whose 1962 book Silent Spring on the use of pesticides had a powerful impact on the environmental movement. See more resources Lear, Linda J. Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. New York: Henry Holt, 1997. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: QH31.C33 L43 1997 Claribel Cone (1864-1929) and Etta Cone (1870-1949) were sisters who collected a premier art collection which they donated to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Hirschland, Ellen B. The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Folio CALL NUMBER: N5220.C75H57 2008 Mary Elizabeth Garrett (1864-1915) was an influential philantrophist and champion of women's education. She contributed the endowment to establish the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, helped to found and sustain the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, and was an important benefactor to Bryn Mawr College. Sandler, Kathleen Waters. Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philantropy in the Gilded Age. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: HV28.G28S26 2008 Mary Katherine Goddard (1738-1816) was an early American printer, newspaper and almanac publisher, and post master. She published the Maryland Journal for many years and was post master of Baltimore for fourteen years. Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was one of the greatest jazz vocalists. She grew up in Baltimore. See more resources Blackburn, Julia. With Billie. New York: Pantheon Books, 2005. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, Performing Arts Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: ML420.H58B53 2005 Claire McCardell (1905-1958) was a fashion designer who pioneered American ready-to-wear womens' fashion in the 1930s to 1950s. She is especially known for her casual yet stylish clothes. Yohannan, Kohle. Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernism. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Folio CALL NUMBER: TT505.M33Y64 1998 McCardell, Claire. What Shall I Wear? The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, Mckeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: TT507.M28 Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) is famous as a civil rights activist who effectively fought against discrimination through the judicial system. She was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Maryland Law School and the first black woman to practice law in Maryland. Kenny, Katherine. Juanita Jackson Mitchell: Freedom Fighter. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2005. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: E185.93.M2K46 2005 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) was a legendary operatic soprano who sang at the New York Metropolitan Opera. She lived in Baltimore from the late 1930s until her death in 1981. See more resources Drake, James A. Rosa Ponselle: A Centenary Biography. Portland: Amadeus Press, 1997. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, Performing Arts Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: ML420.P825D73 1997 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was the first native born American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Seton is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She founded the Sisters of Charity which established schools, orphanages, and hospitals throughout the world. See more resources. Dirvin, Joseph I. The Soul of Elizabeth Seton. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1990. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: BX4700.S4D57 1990 Adele Hagner Stamp (1893-1974) was the University of Maryland's first Dean of Women. She held this position from 1922 until her retirment as Dean Emerita in 1960. Bashaw, Carolyn Terry "Stalwart Women": A Historical Analysis of Deans of Women in the South. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: LC1620.B37 1999 Papers of Adele Stamp. Files documenting Adele Stamp's career as Dean of Women at the University of Maryland College Park and her activities in various state and national organizations. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Archives, Historical Manuscripts Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) was an educator and social activist from Baltimore who was the founder and first president of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. She created the Youth Aliyah program which saved many thousands of Jewish children from concentration camps. See more resources. Lowenthal, Marvin. Henrietta Szold, Life and Letters. New York: Viking Press, 1942. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: DS151.S9L6 Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913) was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, but escaped to freedom when she was 25. She returned to conduct over 300 slaves to freedom earning the title "Moses of her people." See more resources Clinton, Catherine. Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. New York: Little, Brown, 2004. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library stacks CALL NUMBER: E444.T82C57 2004 Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York: Ballantine, 2004. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: E444.T82L37 2004 Verda Freeman Welcome (1907-1990) became America's first black female state senator when she was elected to the Maryland Senate in 1962. She served in the Maryland Senate for twenty years. Among her significant legislative accomplishments was passage of legislation dealing with discrimination in public accommodations, mixed marriages, equal pay for equal work, and university status for Morgan State College. Welcome, Verda Freeman. My Life and Times. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Henry House Publishers, Inc., 1991. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: E185.97.W5A35 1991 return to top Selected Readings Hamilton, Andrea. A Vision for Girls: Gender, Education, and the Bryn Mawr School. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: LD7251.H324 2004 More than a standard school history, this volume examines the founding of the first college preparatory school for girls in the United States in a broad historical context. Legal Rights in Marriage and Divorce. Baltimore: The Women's Law Center of Maryland, 2001. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Folio CALL NUMBER: KFM1300.Z9L431 2001 A quick reference guide to the basic laws governing marriage and divorce in Maryland. 2008 edition is available online. Loeschke, Maravene Sheppard. Lives in Art: Sixteen Women Who Changed Theatre in Baltimore. [2001?] LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks CALL NUMBER: PN2277.B32L64 2001 A compilation of short biographies of women who have advanced theatre in Baltimore. Preston, Madge. A Private War: Letters and Diaries of Madge Preston, 1862-1867. Edited by Virginia Walcott Beauchamp. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: HV6626.P73 1987 Madge Preston's letters and diaries from the 1860s reveal the abuse she secretly endured. Virginia Beauchamp relied on the Preston family papers in the Maryland Historical Society and in the University of Maryland Libraries to produced this work. The Status of Women in Maryland: A Report on the 2000 Census data, with comparative analysis of the 1990 Census. Annapolis: Maryland Commission for Women, 2003. Also available online LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Folio CALL NUMBER: HQ1438.M3S73 2003 This report present county and statewide demographic information pertinent to women: marriage and childbearing patterns, women and education, women in poverty, women in the labor force, etc. Olson, Karen. Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. LOCATION: Hornbake Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER: HQ1439.S63O46 2005 return to top


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