Lunch & Learn: The Wild Women of Maryland

Program registration is recommended but not required.

Discover Maryland’s legacy of daring women who made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes. Maryland's history is punctuated by women who refused to be forgotten. Sarah Wilson escaped indentured servitude in Frederick by impersonating the queen's sister. Baltimorean Virginia Hall became a spy during WWII known as The Limping Lady due to having only one leg. From Westminster, Sadie Kneller Miller became an early sports journalist before undertaking assignments across the globe. From famous figures like Harriet Tubman to unsung heroines like “Lady Law” Violet Hill Whyte, author Lauren R. Silberman introduces Maryland's most tenacious and adventurous women.

Lauren Silberman is the author of the award-winning Wild Women of Maryland (History Press, 2015), Wicked Baltimore (History Press, 2011), and The Jewish Community of Baltimore (Arcadia Publishing, 2008). She also writes cozy mysteries as Daphne Silver. Crime and Parchment (Level Best Books, 2023), the first in the rare books cozy mystery series, won the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery. Its sequel The Tell-Tale Homicide came out from Level Best Books in 2024.

She serves as the Major Gifts Officer with The Arc Prince George's County. She has spent over two decades working in the cultural arts sector, including as the director of development with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, deputy director of Historic London Town and Gardens, a program officer with the American Alliance of Museums, and the education and program coordinator with the Jewish Museum of Maryland.

ASL interpretation will be available for attendees.

Presented in partnership with The Maryland State Archives and The Maryland Four Centuries Project.