This episode of Ballot and Beyond, contributed by the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, was written by Diane E. Weaver, Ph.D. The reader is Diane Weaver.
Edith Houghton Hooker was a critically important and arguably an essential figure in the Maryland campaign for women’s suffrage. Without her drive and dynamism, we would have little awareness of the commitment of Maryland suffragists to achieve the right to vote.
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Mrs. Edward H. Harris, Sr. | Suffragist By Any Name
Sadie Jacobs Crockin | Visionary Jewish Suffragist
Ellen Newbold La Motte | Activist & Adventurer
Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray | The Will To Thrive
Laura Byrne | Serving Suffrage With A Smile
Emilie Doetsch | Lawyer & Journalist
Catherine Sweet | Foiled Early Voter
Margaret Brent | Colonial Suffragist
Billie Holiday | Voice of Protest
Mary Risteau | Early Elected State Delegate
DuBois Circle | Inspired Fighting Against Injustice
Florence & Bertha Trail | Sisters in the Struggle
Madeleine Ellicott | By Women, For Women
Quaker Women of Sandy Spring | Education & Equality
Dr. Lillian Welsh | Academic Voice for Suffrage
Harriet Tubman | Abolitionist & Suffragist
Mary Pickersgill | Star-Spangled Seamstress
Margaret Briggs Gregory Hawkins | Education is Power
Lilian Reeves Crawford | Local Suffrage Leader
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