Name |
Image |
Birth–Death |
Year |
Area of achievement |
Ref(s) |
Abrams, Rosalie SilberRosalie Silber Abrams |
|
(1916–2009) |
1994 |
Maryland House of Delegates, Maryland State Senate, first female and Jewish majority leader of the state Senate. |
[2] |
Adams, Diane L.Diane L. Adams |
|
(b. 1948) |
1997 |
Physician |
[3] |
Adkins, Bertha SheppardBertha Sheppard Adkins |
|
(1906–1983) |
1989 |
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower |
[4] |
Armstrong, AnnieAnnie Armstrong |
 |
(1850–1938) |
1992 |
Missionary |
[5] |
Bahr, Florence RiefleFlorence Riefle Bahr |
|
(1909–1998) |
1999 |
Artist |
[6] |
Baker, Susan P.Susan P. Baker |
|
|
2006 |
Doctor of Public Health |
[7] |
Bailey, Dorothy F.Dorothy F. Bailey |
|
|
2014 |
Civic activist |
[8] |
Banning, Mary ElizabethMary Elizabeth Banning |
|
(1822–1903) |
1994 |
Mycologist, painter, naturalist |
[9] |
Barton, ClaraClara Barton |
 |
(1821–1912) |
1987 |
Founder American Red Cross |
[10] |
Battle, Constance UrioloConstance Uriolo Battle |
|
|
2000 |
Pediatrician |
[11] |
Beauchamp, Virginia WalcottVirginia Walcott Beauchamp |
|
|
2003 |
Author, woman's advocate |
[12] |
Beims, Constance RossConstance Ross Beims |
|
(b. 1938) |
1998 |
Educator |
[13] |
Bell, Rosalyn BlakeRosalyn Blake Bell |
|
(b. 1923) |
1993 |
Judge |
[14] |
Bentley, Helen DelichHelen Delich Bentley |
 |
(b. 1923) |
2013 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 |
[15] |
Black, MaureenMaureen Black |
|
|
2012 |
Physician |
[16] |
Brent, MargaretMargaret Brent |
 |
(c.1601–c.1671) |
1985 |
Estate owner, lawyer |
[17] |
Brown, Harriet ElizabethHarriet Elizabeth Brown |
|
(1907–2009) |
1994 |
1937 legal case against Calvert County; was one of the foundations for the Maryland Teachers Pay Equalization Law |
[18] |
Callum, Agnes KaneAgnes Kane Callum |
|
(1926–2015) |
2014 |
Founding member of the Baltimore Afro American Historical Genealogic Society |
[19] |
Cardin, Shoshanna ShoubinShoshanna Shoubin Cardin |
|
(b. 1926) |
2005 |
Philanthropist, volunteerism |
[20] |
Carr, Lois GreenLois Green Carr |
|
(1922-2015) |
2000 |
Economic and social historian, specialist in the history of colonial Maryland[21] |
[22] |
Carroll, Anna EllaAnna Ella Carroll |
 |
(1815–1894) |
1992 |
Politician |
[23] |
Carson, RachelRachel Carson |
 |
(1907–1964) |
1985 |
Author Silent Spring |
[24] |
Clark, EugenieEugenie Clark |
 |
(b. 1922) |
1989 |
Ichthyologist |
[25] |
Clarke, EdithEdith Clarke |
|
(1883–1959) |
2003 |
First woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, as well as the country's first female professor of electrical engineering |
[26] |
Clifton, LucilleLucille Clifton |
|
(1936–2010) |
1993 |
Poet Laureate of Maryland |
[27] |
Cole, Bessie OliveBessie Olive Cole |
|
(1883–1971) |
2005 |
"First Lady of Maryland Pharmacy" |
[28] |
Colwell, RitaRita Colwell |
 |
(1934–) |
1991 |
Environmental microbiologist |
[29] |
Compton, Lillian C.Lillian C. Compton |
|
(1884–1973) |
1999 |
Educator |
[30] |
Cryor, Jean B.Jean B. Cryor |
|
(1938–2009) |
2013 |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 15 |
[31] |
Davidson, Rita C.Rita C. Davidson |
|
(1928–1984) |
1985 |
First woman on Maryland Court of Appeals |
[32] |
Deener, Annette M.Annette M. Deener |
|
|
2007 |
Brigadier General Maryland National Guard, Director MD Joint Staff Hdqt |
[33] |
Diamond, Liebe SokolLiebe Sokol Diamond |
|
(b. 1931) |
2006 |
Orthopedics |
[34] |
DuFour, Kathryn J.Kathryn J. DuFour |
|
(1910–2005) |
2003 |
Chief justice, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland |
[35] |
Dukes, Charlene MickensCharlene Mickens Dukes |
|
|
2013 |
President of Prince George's Community College |
[36] |
Dunkle, MargaretMargaret Dunkle |
|
|
2012 |
Equal opportunities for women in athletics |
[37] |
Eaton, Sol del Ande MendezSol del Ande Mendez Eaton |
|
(b. 1936) |
1997 |
Research chemist, civil rights, women's rights, health care |
[38] |
Edmonson, EmilyEmily Edmonson |
 |
(1835–1895) |
2004 |
Freed black woman, abolitionist |
[39] |
Ellicott, Elizabeth KingElizabeth King Ellicott |
|
(1858–1914) |
1993 |
Women's suffrage |
[40] |
Ellicott, Madeleine L.Madeleine L. Ellicott |
|
(1856–1945) |
1996 |
Women's suffrage |
[41] |
Engle, Lavinia MargaretLavinia Margaret Engle |
 |
(1892–1979) |
1989 |
Maryland House of Delegates, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, organizer, National American Women's Suffrage Association, director and co-founder Maryland League of Women Voters, various positions within the Social Security Administration and the Welfare Administration. |
[42] |
Ennis, Ethel LlewellynEthel Llewellyn Ennis |
 |
(b. 1932) |
1996 |
Jazz musician |
[43] |
Feeley, KathleenKathleen Feeley |
|
(b. 1929) |
2001 |
Former president College of Notre Dame of Maryland |
[44] |
Fehrer, IliaIlia Fehrer |
|
(1927–2007) |
2009 |
Environmentalist |
[45] |
Fox, Renee E.Renee E. Fox |
|
|
2014 |
Executive director of the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland |
[46] |
Fraser, Claire M.Claire M. Fraser |
 |
(b. 1955) |
2010 |
Microbiologist |
[47] |
Fuentes, Sonia PressmanSonia Pressman Fuentes |
|
(b. 1928) |
2000 |
Co-founder National Organization for Women |
[48] |
Gaddy, BeaBea Gaddy |
|
(1933–2001) |
2006 |
City Council Woman, advocate for the poor and the homeless |
[49] |
Gaston, Marilyn HughesMarilyn Hughes Gaston |
|
|
2006 |
Physician |
[50] |
Gira, Catherine R.Catherine R. Gira |
|
(b. 1932) |
1997 |
Educator |
[51] |
Goddard, Mary KatherineMary Katherine Goddard |
|
(1738–1816) |
1998 |
Publisher, postmistress |
[52] |
Goering, Susan K.Susan K. Goering |
|
(b. 1952) |
2014 |
Civil rights attorney |
[53] |
Grant, Sally T.Sally T. Grant |
|
|
2007 |
Volunteerism, women's right, co-founder of Maryland Women's Hall of Fame |
[54] |
Grasmick, Nancy T.Nancy T. Grasmick |
|
|
2004 |
Former Maryland state Superintendent of Schools |
[55] |
Green, Anne Catharine HoofAnne Catharine Hoof Green |
 |
(c.1720–1775) |
2010 |
Publisher The Maryland Gazette |
[56] |
Greenberg, Jill MossJill Moss Greenberg |
|
(b. 1943) |
1995 |
Volunteerism, civil rights, women's rights |
[57] |
Greider, Carol W.Carol W. Greider |
 |
(b. 1961) |
2011 |
Molecular biologist |
[58] |
Griffin, DianeDiane Griffin |
|
(b. 1940) |
2009 |
University Distinguished Professor, and a Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, department chair from 1994–2015 |
[59] |
Harper, Frances Ellen WatkinsFrances Ellen Watkins Harper |
 |
(1824–1911) |
1987 |
Author, poet, abolitionist |
[60] |
Hawkins, Ramona McCarthyRamona McCarthy Hawkins |
|
|
2008 |
Pharmacist |
[61] |
Hedges, Elaine RyanElaine Ryan Hedges |
|
(1927–1997) |
1998 |
Journalist with the Feminist Press |
[62] |
Heller, Ellen MosesEllen Moses Heller |
|
|
2008 |
Judge |
[63] |
Hoffberger, Rebecca AlbanRebecca Alban Hoffberger |
|
(b. 1952) |
2006 |
Founder American Visionary Art Museum |
[64] |
Holdridge, BarbaraBarbara Holdridge |
|
|
2011 |
Co-founder Caedmon Records, founder Stemmer House Publishers |
[65] |
Holiday, BillieBillie Holiday |
.jpg) |
(1915–1959) |
2008 |
Jazz singer |
[66] |
Hooker, Edith HoughtonEdith Houghton Hooker |
 |
(1879–1948) |
1999 |
Suffragette, first woman accepted into Johns Hopkins University Medical School |
[67] |
Hubbard, Mabel HouzeMabel Houze Hubbard |
|
(1936–2006) |
2002 |
Judge, first African-American woman to serve as a judge of the District Court of Maryland |
[68] |
Jackson, Lillie CarollLillie Caroll Jackson |
|
(1889–1975) |
1986 |
Civil rights advocate, organized Baltimore branch of NAACP |
[69] |
Jacobsen, JosephineJosephine Jacobsen |
|
(1908–2003) |
2000 |
Poet, short story writer, critic |
[70] |
Johnson, Elizabeth FranElizabeth Fran Johnson |
|
(b. 1928) |
1999 |
Educator, volunteerism |
[71] |
Kendall, Florence PFlorence P Kendall |
|
(1910–2006) |
2002 |
Physical therapist |
[72] |
Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP, MisbahMisbah Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP |
|
|
2001 |
Pediatrician, medical school teacher and researcher, health policy advisor, and medical director for numerous community health programs |
[73] |
Kirkaldy, Irene MorganIrene Morgan Kirkaldy |
|
(1917–2007) |
2010 |
Jailed in 1944 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a Greyhound bus; 1946 Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, United States Supreme Court overturned Virginia state law requiring segregation on interstate transportation. |
[74] |
Kirschstein, Ruth L.Ruth L. Kirschstein |
|
(1926–2009) |
2003 |
Pathologist |
[75] |
Kopp, Nancy K.Nancy K. Kopp |
 |
(b. 1943) |
2012 |
Treasurer of Maryland |
[76] |
Koss, Helen L.Helen L. Koss |
|
(1922–2008) |
1997 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[77] |
Krohe, CharmaineCharmaine Krohe |
|
|
2001 |
Founder St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center |
[78] |
Kushner, RoseRose Kushner |
|
(1929–1990) |
1992 |
Journalist, author of Why Me? What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer to Save Her Life |
[79] |
Lacks, HenriettaHenrietta Lacks |
|
(1920–1951) |
2014 |
HeLa the oldest and most commonly used human cell line came from cervical cancer cells taken from Lacks. |
[80] |
Lange, Mary ElizabethMary Elizabeth Lange |
|
(1789–1882) |
1991 |
Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence |
[81] |
Lee, Lena KingLena King Lee |
|
(1906–2006) |
1989 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[82] |
Lee, Mary DiggesMary Digges Lee |
|
(1745–1805) |
1996 |
Provided aid to George Washington's troops |
[83] |
Legum, HarrietHarriet Legum |
|
|
2009 |
Advocate for research and treatment of women's breast cancer |
[84] |
Leventhal, Brigid GBrigid G Leventhal |
|
(1935–1994) |
1996 |
Physician |
[85] |
Maddox, Etta H.Etta H. Maddox |
|
(c1860–1933) |
2003 |
Lawyer, suffragette |
[86] |
Manicur, AliceAlice Manicur |
|
|
2012 |
Educator |
[87] |
Maurer, LucilleLucille Maurer |
|
(1922–1996) |
1990 |
Former Maryland Treasurer |
[88] |
McCardell, ClaireClaire McCardell |
|
(1905–1958) |
1991 |
Fashion designer |
[89] |
McCready, EstherEsther McCready |
|
|
2004 |
Nurse, educator |
[90] |
McMillan, Enolia PettigenEnolia Pettigen McMillan |
|
(1904–2006) |
1990 |
First female national president NAACP |
[91] |
Menes, PaulinePauline Menes |
|
(1924–2009) |
2008 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[92] |
Mikulski, Barbara A.Barbara A. Mikulski |
 |
(b. 1936) |
1988 |
United States Senate |
[93] |
Miller, Sadie KnellerSadie Kneller Miller |
 |
(1867–1920) |
1988 |
Photojournalist |
[94] |
Mitchell, Juanita JacksonJuanita Jackson Mitchell |
|
(1913–1992) |
1987 |
First African American woman to practice law in Maryland |
[95] |
Morella, Constance A.Constance A. Morella |
 |
(b. 1931) |
1994 |
United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
[96] |
Moses, BessieBessie Moses |
 |
(1893–1965) |
1991 |
Gynecologist and obstetrician who advocated birth control practices for women |
[97] |
Motz, Diana GribbonDiana Gribbon Motz |
|
(b. 1943) |
2012 |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
[98] |
Murray, PauliPauli Murray |
 |
(1910–1985) |
1990 |
Activist, civil rights, women's rights |
[99] |
Nair, PrasannaPrasanna Nair |
|
|
2007 |
Primary Health Care physician, specifically with infants of mothers with HIV/AIDS or substance abuse issues |
[100] |
Nock, Mary L.Mary L. Nock |
|
(1903–1987) |
1995 |
Maryland General Assembly |
[101] |
Norris, Amanda TaylorAmanda Taylor Norris |
|
(1849–1944) |
1995 |
First woman physician in Maryland |
[102] |
Nutting, Mary AdelaideMary Adelaide Nutting |
|
(1858–1948) |
1994 |
Nursing educator |
[103] |
Orenstein, Toby BarbaraToby Barbara Orenstein |
|
|
2008 |
Patron of the arts |
[104] |
Panny, Susan R.Susan R. Panny |
|
|
2005 |
Physician |
[105] |
Peralta, LigiaLigia Peralta |
|
|
2011 |
University of Maryland School of Medicine |
[106] |
Phelps, Almira Hart LincolnAlmira Hart Lincoln Phelps |
 |
(1793–1884) |
2010 |
Educator, publisher |
[107] |
Pickersgill, Mary YoungMary Young Pickersgill |
 |
(1776–1857) |
2002 |
Flag maker during the War of 1812; sewed the Star-Spangled Banner (flag) |
[108] |
Poe, GertrudeGertrude Poe |
|
(b. 1915) |
2011 |
Journalist |
[109] |
Ponselle, RosaRosa Ponselle |
 |
(1897–1981) |
1997 |
Opera singer, honored on a U.S. postage stamp |
[110] |
Ramey, Estelle R.Estelle R. Ramey |
|
(1917–2006) |
1989 |
Professor George Washington University Medical School |
[111] |
Rawson, Margaret ByrdMargaret Byrd Rawson |
|
(1899–2001) |
2004 |
Dyslexia research |
[112] |
Rees, Ann CiprianoAnn Cipriano Rees |
|
|
2014 |
Philanthropist |
[113] |
Risteau, MaryMary Risteau |
|
(1890–1978) |
1988 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[114] |
Robinson, Barbara A.Barbara A. Robinson |
.JPG) |
(b. 1938) |
1996 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[115] |
Rooks, GwendolynGwendolyn Rooks |
|
|
2012 |
Community service |
[116] |
Rothenberg, Karen H.Karen H. Rothenberg |
|
|
2007 |
Dean, Marjorie Cook Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Law Schoo |
[117] |
Sandler, Bernice R.Bernice R. Sandler |
|
(b. 1928) |
2010 |
Women's rights |
[118] |
Sauerbrey, Ellen R.Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
 |
(b. 1937) |
2013 |
Former head of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration |
[119] |
Schoenrich, Edyth H.Edyth H. Schoenrich |
|
|
2005 |
Health care |
[120] |
Schrock, AltaAlta Schrock |
|
(1911–2002) |
1991 |
First Mennonite woman in the United States to receive her doctoral degree |
[121] |
Schweinhaut, Margaret CollinsMargaret Collins Schweinhaut |
|
(1904–1997) |
1992 |
Maryland State Senate |
[122] |
Scott, Audrey E.Audrey E. Scott |
|
|
2007 |
Community activist |
[123] |
Seton, Elizabeth AnnElizabeth Ann Seton |
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(1774–1821) |
1986 |
Roman Catholic Saint |
[124] |
Sheehan, LorraineLorraine Sheehan |
|
(1937–2009) |
2002 |
Maryland General Assembly |
[125] |
Shevitz, Linda A.Linda A. Shevitz |
|
|
2013 |
Equity Office Director at the Maryland State Department of Education |
[126] |
Shockney, Lillie D.Lillie D. Shockney |
|
|
2010 |
Leader in breast cancer treatment |
[127] |
Shorb, Mary ShawMary Shaw Shorb |
|
(1907–1990) |
1987 |
Research scientist |
[128] |
Shriver, Eunice KennedyEunice Kennedy Shriver |
 |
(1921–2009) |
2001 |
Special Olympics |
[129] |
Simpson, Vivian V.Vivian V. Simpson |
|
(1903–1987) |
2004 |
Lawyer |
[130] |
Slowe, Lucy DiggsLucy Diggs Slowe |
 |
(1885–1937) |
2011 |
Advocate for black women |
[131] |
Smith, Mary CarterMary Carter Smith |
|
(1919–2007) |
1998 |
Poet, story teller |
[132] |
Snively, GraceGrace Snively |
|
|
2006 |
Civil rights, community activism |
[133] |
Solomon, Allyson R.Allyson R. Solomon |
|
|
2009 |
Brig. General, Maryland National Guard, Assistant Adjutant General, Air, Maryland National Guard |
[134] |
Spellman, Gladys NoonGladys Noon Spellman |
 |
(1918–1988) |
1985 |
United States House of Representatives |
[135] |
Spencer, JeanJean Spencer |
|
(1933–1992) |
1993 |
[136] |
Stamp, Adele HagnerAdele Hagner Stamp |
|
(1893–1974) |
1990 |
Dean of Women Emeritus from the University's Board of Regents |
[137] |
Stith, RosettaRosetta Stith |
|
|
2000 |
Director of the Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Secondary School for Expectant Teenage Mothers |
[138] |
Szold, HenriettaHenrietta Szold |
 |
(1860–1945) |
1986 |
Educator, first president of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America |
[139] |
Taussig, Helen BrookeHelen Brooke Taussig |
|
(1898–1986) |
1987 |
Founded the field of pediatric cardiology |
[140] |
TaylorNettie Barcroft Taylor |
|
(b. 1914) |
1995 |
Library services |
[141] |
Thomas, Martha CareyMartha Carey Thomas |
 |
(1857–1935) |
1988 |
Educator and feminist |
[142] |
Tignor, Beatrice P.Beatrice P. Tignor |
|
|
2013 |
Maryland House of Delegates |
[143] |
Titcomb, Mary LemistMary Lemist Titcomb |
|
(1857–1932) |
1990 |
Library services |
[144] |
Tomlinson, Sandra W.Sandra W. Tomlinson |
|
|
2001 |
Educator |
[145] |
Tubman, Harriet RossHarriet Ross Tubman |
 |
(1820–1913) |
1985 |
Abolitionist; escaped slave and conductor on the Underground railroad, suffragette |
[146] |
Tyson, Martha EllicottMartha Ellicott Tyson |
|
(1795–1873) |
1993 |
Quaker elder, abolitionist, author |
[147] |
Votaw, Carmen DelgadoCarmen Delgado Votaw |
|
(b. 1934) |
1992 |
Civil rights |
[148] |
Walker, Emily WilsonEmily Wilson Walker |
|
(1904–2007) |
2008 |
Physician |
[149] |
Welcome, Verda FreemanVerda Freeman Welcome |
|
(1907–1990) |
1988 |
Maryland State Senate |
[150] |
White, Bernice SmithBernice Smith White |
|
(b. 1924) |
1999 |
Community activist, women's equality |
[151] |
Willenz, June A.June A. Willenz |
|
|
2011 |
Author, military veterans advocate; Executive Director of the American Veterans Committee (AVC) |
[152] |
Willson, Euphemia Mary GoldsboroughEuphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson |
|
(1836–1896) |
1995 |
Nurse during the Civil War |
[153] |
Wolman, Jeanette RosnerJeanette Rosner Wolman |
|
(1902–1999) |
1986 |
Lawyer and woman's rights advocate |
[154] |
Wright, Anne St. ClairAnne St. Clair Wright |
|
(1910–1993) |
2009 |
Historic preservationist |
[155] |
Yow, Deborah A.Deborah A. Yow |
 |
(b. 1950) |
2003 |
Athletic Director for the University of Maryland |
[156] |
Zassenhaus, HiltguntHiltgunt Zassenhaus |
|
(1916–2004) |
1986 |
German philologist who worked as an interpreter in Hamburg, Germany during World War II, and later as a physician in the United States |
[157] |
Byron, Beverly B.Beverly B. Byron |
 |
(b. 1932) |
2015 |
U.S. House of Representatives |
[158] |
de Planque, E. GailE. Gail de Planque |
|
(1945–2010) |
2015 |
Physicist, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
[159] |
Feik, MaryMary Feik |
 |
(b. 1924) |
2015 |
Aviation, pilot, flight engineer, master mechanic |
[160] |
O'Brien, KatherineKatherine O'Brien |
|
|
2015 |
Physician, member of the World Health Organization’s Scientific Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) |
[161] |
Singh, Linda L.Linda L. Singh |
 |
(b. 1964) |
2015 |
Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard |
[162] |
Ward, Sue FryerSue Fryer Ward |
|
(1935–2014) |
2015 |
Government service, advocate for human rights |
[163] |