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Commissioner Interviews: Secretary of State Susan Lee

Maryland Two Fifty interviewed Maryland’s Secretary of State and Maryland Two Fifty Commissioner, Susan Lee. As May is Asian American Paciﬁc Islander month, we thought Commissioner Lee was our perfect ...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Baltimore-born poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the first African American to have a short story "The Two Offers" published.

John Hanson

John Hansen, native Marylander, was elected the first president of the original U.S. government chartered by the Articles of Confederation in 1781.

Benjamin Banneker

Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker became one of the first African Americans to gain prominence in the scientific field.

Rose Kushner

Baltimore native Rose Kushner became a fierce advocate for breast cancer treatments and helped end radical mastectomy as the sole choice of treatment.

Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson wrote her seminal work Silent Spring in her home in Silver Spring.

Samuel Green

Born 1802 into enslavement in Dorchester County, Samuel Green was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and co-founded Centenary Bible School, currently Morgan State University.

Mabel Houze Hubbard

Mabel Houze Hubbard was the first African American female attorney appointed to any bench in the state of Maryland.

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For me, Maryland is all about crab cakes! Our family has been on the lower shore since the early 1600s, and our family recipe has been handed down for generations.

Paul K.

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