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.
Politics
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra.
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The two greatest Olympic Swimmers of all time are both from Maryland
The two greatest Olympic Swimmers of all time are both from Maryland.
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War Correspondent and Author George Alfred Townsend is the First to Erect a Monument Honoring War Correspondents
War Correspondent and Author George Alfred Townsend is the First to Erect a Monument Honoring War Correspondents.
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.
Yumi Park Hogan is the first Korean American First Lady of a state in the U.S. Read More »
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lieutenant Governor.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
Louis Goldstein, longest serving Maryland politician
Louis Goldstein, much loved and much admired, is elected to state comptroller nine times, dying in the middle of his tenth campaign.
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The Booth Family, stained by one event
The Booth Brothers were well known American actors. Here they are costumed for Julius Caesar; John Wilkes is on the left.
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Baltimore invents red lining
Mortgage lending practices in the 1930s reinforce segregated neighborhoods in Baltimore as red lining makes home ownership by African Americans difficult.
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Chinese and Asian immigrants arrive
John O’Donnell brings the first Asian immigrants to the US in 1785 as sailors on his ship that carries a cargo of Chinese goods. His statue in O’Donnell Square has been recently removed.
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