The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Andrews, F. Ethel. Miss Ethel Remembers. Shady Side, MD: Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, 1991.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Women, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Birch, Alison Wyrley. "The Lady Was a General." Maryland 12 (Autumn 1979): 7-11.
Notes: Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1893) was the daughter of a governor of Maryland whose own political career was an exception to the secondary role of most 19th century women in national affairs. In the 1850s and 1860s, Carroll wrote political tracts and advised political leaders in the Know Nothing and Republican parties. She also contributed to Union military strategy during the Civil War, corresponding with Abraham Lincoln and others in Washington.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Politics and Law, Women, Nineteenth Century
Butterfield, L. H. "Tending a Dragon-killer: Notes for the Biographer of Mrs. John Quincy Adams." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 118 (1974): 165-178.
Cordts, Jeanne M. "Douglas Love and the Molly Maguires." Journal of the Alleghenies 32 (1996): 97-105.
Coryell, Janet L. Neither Heroine Nor Fool: Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland. Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1986.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Politics and Law, Women, Nineteenth Century, Civil War, Eastern Shore
Dash, Joan. Summoned to Jerusalem: The Life of Henrietta Szold. New York: Harper and Row, 1979.
Notes: Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) was a social activist whose career began in Baltimore with the founding of a center and night school for recent immigrants from Russia similar to the settlement houses pioneered by Jane Addams. She later founded Hadassah, the Jewish women's organization, and became a leader in the Zionist movement.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Ethnic History, Religion, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dubansky, Mindell. Guess Who Died?: Memories of Baltimore with Recipes. Rosendale, NY: Women's Studio Workshop, 1999.
Earle, W. H. "The Phantom Amendment and the Duchess of Baltimore." American History Illustrated 22 (November 1987): 32-39.
Notes: Jerome Bonaparte's American wife.
Frasseto, Claude B. Betsy Bonaparte, ou la Belle de Baltimore. [France]: J.C. Lattes, 1988.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century
George, Joseph. "'A True Childe of Sorrow': Two Letters of Mary E. Surratt." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Winter 1985): 402-405.
Gilje, Paul A. "A Sailor Prisoner of War During the War of 1812." Maryland Historical Magazine 85 (Spring 1990): 58-72.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Maritime, Military, Nineteenth Century, War of 1812
Helmes, Winifred G., ed. Notable Maryland Women. Cambridge: Tidewater Publishers, 1977.
Notes: Short profiles of 100 Maryland women who achieved prominence in various fields. Although the focus is on 20th century figures, Maryland women from earlier eras are also featured. A good source for information on many lesser-known Maryland women whose stories have not yet been told. Readers interested in notable women from the early decades of the 20th century may wish to consult Margie H. Luckett's <em>Maryland Women</em> published in three volumes between 1931 and 1942.
Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz. The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Kravetz, Sallie. Ethel Ennis, the Reluctant Jazz Star: An Illustrated Biography. Baltimore: Gateway Press/Hughes Enterprises, 1984.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century
Levin, Alexandra Lee. Henrietta Szold: Baltimorean. Baltimore: Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, 1976.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Ethnic History, Religion, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Martin, Ralph G. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Meyer, Sam. Paradoxes of Fame: The Francis Scott Key Story. Annapolis, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 1995.
Meyer, Sam. "Religion, Patriotism, and Poetry in the Life of Francis Scott Key." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 267-74.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Religion, Nineteenth Century, War of 1812
Norton, Louis Arthur. Joshua Barney, Hero of the Revolution and 1812. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
Notes: Joshua Barney (1758-1818) was a naval hero in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Aside from his military exploits, this patriotic Marylander's life is closely associated with the history of the American flag. Barney is best known for the spirited action of the barge men under his command at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. Alone among the Americans at the battle, Barney and his men fought bravely against a superior British force.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Maritime, Military, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, War of 1812
Rivinus, E. F. "Beanes, Barney, and the Banner." Naval History 13 (May/June 1999): 46-50.
Sheads, Scott Sumpter. Guardian of the Star-Spangled Banner: Lt. Colonel George Armistead and the Fort McHenry Flag. Linthicum, MD: Toomey Press, 1999.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, War of 1812
Sollins, Helen Burman. "Eleanor Septima Cohen." Generations 5 (June 1984): 19-27.
Turnbull, Pauline, ed. May Lansfield Keller: Life and Letters. Verona, VA: The McClure Press, 1975. [1877-1964].
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Zseleczky, James Waters. "Anne Mynne of Hertingfordbury, Wife of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore (1579-1622)." Chronicles of St. Mary's 22 (September 1974): 397-99.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Women, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County
Adams, E. J. "Religion and Freedom: Artifacts Indicate that African Culture Persisted Even in Slavery." Omni 16 (November 1993): 8.
Categories: African American, Archaeology, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century