Margaret Briggs Gregory Hawkins | Education is Power

This episode of Ballot and Beyond, contributed by the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, was written by Ida Jones, Ph.D, University Archivist, at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Dr. Jones is the reader. 

Margaret and her active West Baltimore social and civil contemporaries were engaged in social justice and sought to secure the franchise for African American women along with other women for the purpose of reaping the full benefits of citizenship, community improvement, and having a voice in the public square. Her far-reaching active memberships include the Druid Hill Branch of the YWCA, Maryland Training School for Colored Girls, Maryland Training School Board, Civilian Defense Mobilization, DuBois Circle, Progressive Women’s Suffrage Club...and allowed for frivolity and was a member of the Fortnightly Whist Club and a sewing club. 

Margaret was a neighbor to fellow suffragist, Augusta Chissell, also featured on the Ballot & Beyond podcast. Ballot & Beyond is powered by Preservation Maryland with support from the Maryland Historical Trust and Gallagher, Evelius & Jones.