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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the enfranchisement of women in America, Preservation Maryland and Gallagher, Evelius & Jones LLP has created Ballot & Beyond, an audio biography series on the contributions of Maryland's remarkable women, past and present.
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
This episode of Ballot and Beyond, contributed by the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, was written and read by Judy A. Carbone, President of AAUW-Garrett County Branch and a volunteer with Maryland Women’s Heritage Center.
Edna Story Latimer was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. She was a staunch suffragist involved in campaigning against President Wilson and national anti-suffrage candidates, as well as one of the organizers of the Maryland Just Government League.
Latimer is best known for organizing suffragists on multi-state publicity and outreach hikes - for her leadership, she was known as General Edna Latimer within her suffrage ranks.
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