Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The small state of Maryland was home to nearly 84,000 free blacks in 1860, by far the most of any state; the state had ranked as having the highest number of free blacks since 1810. In addition, by this time, the vast majority of blacks in Baltimore were free, and this free black population was more than in any other US city.
The Maryland State House is located in Annapolis, Maryland. It is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772 and houses the Maryland General Assembly, plus the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In 1783 and 1784 it served as the capitol building of the United States Congress of the Confederation ...
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton (1821–1912), an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland .
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services ( DPSCS) is a government agency of the State of Maryland that performs a number of functions, [ 1] including the operation of state prisons. It has its headquarters in Towson, Maryland, an unincorporated community that is also the seat of Baltimore County, Maryland, United ...
Abortion in Maryland. Abortion in Maryland is legal at all stages of pregnancy. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The first laws regulating abortion in the state were passed in 1867 and 1868, banning abortion except by a physician to "secure the safety of the mother." [ 4] Abortion providers continued to operate both within and outside of the law. [ 5]
Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County Executive and Maryland Senate candidate for the Democratic party, is stumping to become be the first Black woman to represent the state in the senate.
Woman's Industrial Exchange is a historic building located at 333 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It consists of a townhouse erected in 1815, with a large, five-story structure appended to the rear. The building was purchased in 1860 by Mrs. Mary E. Boardley for a boarding house, and she added the rear wing.
Aug. 7—RAWLINGS — The new Women's Health Center of Maryland will provide care in a "desert" for people who seek reproductive services, Gov. Wes Moore said after he toured the facility on Saturday.