Located at 39 W. Lexington Street in Baltimore, the 2,500-square-foot space housing the MWHC was donated by David Hillman, CEO of the Southern Management Corporation, until a permanent home can be found.
Although still one of the state’s best-kept secrets, word of the MWHC is getting out. In fact, the facility’s “Unsung Heroines” section, in which Marylanders pay tribute to the significant women in their lives, has run out of physical space, according to Jill Moss Greenberg, the center’s executive director. (Nevertheless, all of its materials will be catalogued and preserved in the MWHC’s archives and online. Once a permanent home for the center is found, the Unsung Heroines’ physical space will expand.)
“This center is an absolute jewel in Maryland’s crown,” says Marlene B. Young, vice president of Great Southern Enterprises.
“It is a central place where history is not only brought to life, but celebrated, and Marylanders can learn how ‘her story’ impacts history.”
Adds Young, who donated a portrait of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad to MWHC in honor of its opening, “The Unsung Heroines is a wonderful collection of women who are perhaps lesser known but have made profound differences in our lives and molded our character.”
For more information, visit www.mdwomensheritagecenter.org.
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