The mission of the Maryland Women's Heritage Center is to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transmitting the experiences and contributions of Maryland women and girls of diverse backgrounds and regions.
The Maryland Women's Heritage Center, the first and comprehensive state center of its kind in the nation, will provide a place to learn and teach about the contributions of Maryland women throughout the State's history.
FACT - Henrietta Szold Founded Russian Night School in Baltimore
Henrietta Szold is known as the pioneering Zionist who founded the Russian Night School in Baltimore to teach Eastern European immigrants (the first adult education program), as well as Hadassah, the women’s Zionist organization.