Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7:00 pm (EST)
Everyone knows suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. But who is familiar with the women who fought for the right to vote in Maryland? In Anne Arundel County? Emphasis will be placed on events that happened in Annapolis and the women residents of the city who participated in the movement.
Advance registration required. Registration closes one half hour prior to lecture.
Cost: FREE
The Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.
Can’t watch the lecture live? The lecture will be recorded! Please register even if you cannot watch in real time; all attendees will receive a link to the recording of the lecture to watch at their convenience for two weeks. Live closed captioning is available for all lectures.
This lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register, please check your Spam folder, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer, visit the Zoom website.
About Our Presenter:
Amy Rosenkrans is a lifelong resident of Havre de Grace, MD. She received her PhD from Notre Dame of Maryland University where she wrote the dissertation “The Good Work”: Saint Frances Orphan Asylum and Saint Elizabeth Home, Two Baltimore Orphanages for African Americans. In 2017, she was awarded the Joseph L. Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History by the Baltimore City Historical Society.
Dr. Rosenkrans is currently sharing her passion for history with middle school students in Baltimore City. In her spare time, she is on the Harford County Lafayette Bicentennial Committee and preparing for Lafayette’s return visit in July 2025. Additionally, she is the Secretary of the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center where she was the lead researcher on the “Memories of the Baltimore Woman’s Industrial Exchange” project.
The information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis, Inc.