Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7:00 pm (EST)
Women played a crucial role in the printing industry in the American colonies, particularly in Maryland. Dr. Amy Rosenkrans will discuss the importance of those women with a focus on Ann Catharine Hoof Green of Annapolis and Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore.
Diane Rey, HA Volunteer, joins the discussion while presenting her living history interpretation of Anne Catharine Green, and her history of sharing the life of this iconic woman of Annapolis.
Advance registration required. Registration closes one half hour prior to lecture.
Cost: FREE
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About Our Presenters:
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.
Diane M. Rey portrays Colonial Annapolis newspaper publisher Anne Catharine Green. She is a freelance writer whose credits include a weekly community news column in The Capital newspaper that traces its history to the Maryland Gazette published by Mrs. Green in the run-up to the American Revolution.
A lifelong Marylander who grew up on a large dairy farm in Frederick County, Diane has roots in the South River Hundred who settled southern Anne Arundel County on the original land grants from Lord Baltimore. She indulges her love of American history by bringing to life the Widow Green for Historic Annapolis and other community organizations.
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.