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S02 E16 Maryland: Silent Sentinels and Effigy Ashes
S02 E16 Maryland: Silent Sentinels and Effigy Ashes
In this episode, three guests talk about the suffrage movement in Maryland. Some of the events and activists in the MD voting rights campaign: In 1648, Margaret Brent went before the Maryland Provincial Assembly and demanded a voice and a vote as a property owner in the Maryland colony.Augusta Chissell and Margaret Hawkins were African American women who held many suffrage meetings in their homes in Baltimore.Estelle Hall Young was a Black suffragist who created the Baltimore Women's Colored...