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Birch, Alison Wyrley. "The Lady Was a General." Maryland 12 (Autumn 1979): 7-11.
Annotation / 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
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
Dombrowski, Esther. "The Homefront: Harford County During World War II, Part I." Harford Historical Bulletin 65 (Summer 1995): 107-52; "Part II."Harford Historical Bulletin 66 (Fall 1995): 155-204.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Dombrowski, Esther. Praising the Bridge that Brought them Over: One Hundred Years at Indian Head. Indian Head, MD: Naval Ordnance Station, 1990.
Annotation / Notes: The history of the military base, and its surrounding community, as told through photographs and excerpts with interviews from twenty-six individuals. A ten page time line charts events of importance among the Navy at Indian Head, in the town of Indian Head, and national and internationally.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Military, Science and Technology, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Charles County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945. Part IV: Performances by Servicemen and Women in Fort Meade and American Cities." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (July 1991): 5-6, 12-15.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Civil War Museums and Sites in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring 1998): 27.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Howard County, Montgomery County, Washington County, Civil War
White, Roger. "Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum." Maryland Humanities (September 1998): 27.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
White, Roger. "Old Clear Spring Library Remembered." Maryland Cracker Barrel (Dec. 1999/Jan 2000): 26, 28.
Annotation / Notes: The small, volunteer run, Clear Spring Library developed in a building which had served as a community kitchen and a soldier's canteen. The library existed only between the two great wars. This brief history is compiled from the quotes of community members.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Requardt, Cynthia Horsburgh. "Women's Deeds in Women's Words: Manuscripts in the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (June 1978): 186-204.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Addison-Darneille, and Henrietta Stockton. "For Better or For Worse." Civil War Times Illustrated 31 (May/June 1992): 32-35, 73.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Civil War
Cale, Clyde C., Jr. "Jane Snyder's Ride." Glades Star 9 (March 1999): 14-18.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Cale, Clyde C., Jr. "Maria Louise Browning: Civil War Heroine." Glades Star 9 (March 1999): 11-13, 39.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County, Civil War
Cavanaugh, Joanne P. "Women of War." Johns Hopkins Magazine 50 (November 1998): 46-54.
Categories: Medicine, Military, Women, Twentieth Century
Conklin, E. F. Exile to Sweet Dixie: The Story of Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate Nurse and Smuggler. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1998.
Categories: Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century
Coryell, Janet L. "Anna Ella Carroll and the Historians." Civil War History 35 (June 1989): 120-37.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Civil War, Eastern Shore
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Rose O'Neale Greenhow, Confederate Spy." Montgomery County Story 32 (May 1989): 59-70.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Davis, Curtis Carroll. "'The Pet of the Confederacy' Still? Fresh Findings About Belle Boyd." Maryland Historical Magazine 78 (Spring 1983): 35- 53.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Davis, Curtis Carroll. "The Tribulations of Mrs. Turner: An Episode After Guilford Court House." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (December 1981): 376-79.
Categories: Military, Women, Eighteenth Century
Davis, Curtis Carroll. "Derma Marie Yeiser Williams." Carroll County History Journal 44 (November 1993): 3.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Women, Twentieth Century, Carroll County
Disher, Sharon Hanley. First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Griggs, Catherine Mary. Beyond Boundaries: The Adventurous Life of Marguerite Harrison. Ph.D. diss., George Washington University, 1996.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hrehorovich, Victor R., and Ruth M. Seaby. "Nancy E. Gary, M.D., Dean F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences." Maryland Medical Journal 43 (June 1994): 501-4.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Medicine, Military, Women, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Kelbaugh, Jack. "Northern Hospital Nurses: Mary Young and Rose Billings Make the Ultimate Sacrifice in Civil War Annapolis." Anne Arundel County History Notes 25 (January 1994): 5-6, 19.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Civil War
Koehler, Margaret H. "Barbara Fritchie." Maryland 16 (Autumn 1983): 31-33.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Koehler, Margaret H. "A Lady Warrior from Prince George's County." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society, 23 (October 1995): 2-4.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Women, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County

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