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  1. Jul 2

    Did you know that the individual sections of pages in a book are also known as “signatures”? Here you can see the signatures of a book as it was being repaired by conservators.

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  2. Apr 2

    It’s Easter weekend, so why not dress up and wear a lovely hat!

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  3. Feb 5

    Provident Hospital was one of the first African American owned and operated medical institutions in Maryland. It not only provided medical services, but also trained African American men and women as doctors and nurses.

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  4. Jan 18

    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." ~Letters from Birmingham Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/15/1929-4/4/1968

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  5. Jan 18

    The Maryland State Archives was saddened to hear the news of the death of Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. on Friday.

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  6. 9 Oct 2020

    Happy Electronic Records Day! Check out these tips from the

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  7. 11 Sep 2020

    Join the MD Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission for a virtual panel, Lessons of Lynching, moderated by Commissioner Carl Snowden, on 9/16, 6pm-8pm. Register @

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  8. 4 Sep 2020

    Enjoying these adorable twin bear cubs photographed for a glass lantern slide circa 1900 [MSA SC 182-1-1685]. George Forbes presented his slides at public lectures, especially in his hometown, Annapolis. Would he have liked Zoom?

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  9. 21 Aug 2020

    The 12/10/1914 edition of The Catoctin Clarion notes that a thriller film was produced arguing the merits of giving women the right to vote. Who knew that thrillers were used to advance the cause of suffrage?!

    Suffragists Use Moving Pictures to Make Votes
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    20 Aug 2020

    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was an African American abolitionist, poet, & advocate for the women’s rights and temperance movements. Her first volume of poetry, one of the first published works by a black woman in the U.S., was “Forest Leaves” in 1845.

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    20 Aug 2020

    Day 4 of the 100th anniversary celebration of the 19th amendment with This recipe comes from the 1886 "Women Suffrage Cook Book", which is considered the first American suffragist cookbook, and was a…

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    19 Aug 2020

    Day 3 of our week-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment with the Laurel was a stop along the women's suffrage march in February 1913. Led by Rosalie Jones, a member of the…

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    19 Aug 2020

    Today’s celebration continues with “General” Edna S. Latimer, President of the First District Just Government League. She was also the leader of The Army of the Severn.

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    18 Aug 2020

    "It was about persistence ... it was about not giving up," says Diana Bailey of MD Women's Heritage Center. On this 100th anniversary of the ratification of the looks at the work of suffragettes in Maryland.

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    18 Aug 2020

    Today we celebrate the centennial of the ’s ratification —which promised suffrage to women. Learn more about TU's partnership with the on the Suffragist Stories Project.

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    18 Aug 2020

    In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began his presidency against suffrage. By 1915, he was convinced that women should have the right to vote.

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    18 Aug 2020

    in 1920, the was ratified, giving women the right to vote. celebrates the 100th anniversary & the women who devoted themselves to . Image: Maryland Suffrage News, Vol. I, No. 43, Jan. 25, 1923. MdHS.

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    18 Aug 2020

    100 yrs ago, Congress ratified the ! 's Eva Chase: 1st woman elected to PG Co. Republican state convention, 1st woman nominated to run for a state office & 1st Republican woman nominated to House of Delegates.

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    17 Aug 2020

    We are marking the centennial of the 19th amendment in a variety of ways this week & next. Check out this page from our Thomas Cullen papers, where he reflects on nurse Mary Bartlett Dixon's efforts for the cause. And stay tuned for more!

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    14 Aug 2020

    ’s next explores the long road Marylanders walked for the right to be heard. Who were these champions? Learn about forgotten figures who forged the path in women’s suffrage.

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