Upcoming Events

  Howard Community College (HCC) hosts a series of virtual lectures showcasing professors from the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. during the months of February and March. Faculty will speak on their areas...

  Howard Community College (HCC) hosts a series of virtual lectures showcasing professors from the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. during the months of February and March. Faculty will speak on their areas...

Author and jewelry historian Elyse Zorn Karlin discusses how the suffragettes, and those who supported them, used jewelry and other accessories to express their politics.  7 - 8 pm.  Please register with an email address t...

Registration opens March 4th. Click here to register. Daring women of Maryland made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens, and fiery suffragettes. Sarah Wilson escaped indentured servitude in Frederick by impersonating the queen's sister...

Registration opens March 6th. Click here to register. Before there was Kamala Harris or Shirley Chisholm on the national political scene, there were local and state political black female leaders paving the way. Meet Maryland State Senator Verda F...

Registration opens March 6th. Click here to register.   Long before Stonewall, long before the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and long before marriage equality, LGBTQ+ people lived, worked, and loved in Maryland and Virginia. Learn about the lives of ...

Ages 7-10   30-45 minutes.  Registration required. Celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion and activities about true heroines both past and present.   This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link...

  Howard Community College (HCC) hosts a series of virtual lectures showcasing professors from the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. during the months of February and March. Faculty will speak on their areas...

“So you’re the little lady who started this great war!” said President Abraham Lincoln in the fall of 1862 when he finally met Harriet Beecher Stowe. This “little lady” was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin a roller-coaster anti-slavery nov...

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came...

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came...

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came...

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came...

  This talk provides a unique insight into the life and times of Anne Frank. While building the Anne Frank Trust, Gillian has been privileged to meet some of those who knew Anne Frank and who have quietly shared their personal memor...