Pauli Murray becomes the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
After a long and successful career advocating for civil rights, Pauli Murray becomes the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
After a long and successful career advocating for civil rights, Pauli Murray becomes the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra.
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra Read More »
The two greatest Olympic Swimmers of all time are both from Maryland.
The two greatest Olympic Swimmers of all time are both from Maryland Read More »
War Correspondent and Author George Alfred Townsend is the First to Erect a Monument Honoring War Correspondents.
Inventor William Painter (1838-1906) is the first to create a practical method of capping bottled carbonated beverages.
Yumi Park Hogan is the first Korean American First Lady of a state in the U.S.
Yumi Park Hogan is the first Korean American First Lady of a state in the U.S. Read More »
The Arena Players are the oldest African American community theater in the United States founded in 1952.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
Louis Goldstein, much loved and much admired, is elected to state comptroller nine times, dying in the middle of his tenth campaign.
Louis Goldstein, longest serving Maryland politician Read More »
The Booth Brothers were well known American actors. Here they are costumed for Julius Caesar; John Wilkes is on the left.
The Booth Family, stained by one event Read More »