Still Pond, Maryland

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Dr. Sheri Parks

Published February 14, 2019 at 3:17 PM EST

More than fruit and honey came from the farms of Still Pond, Maryland in the 1900s. The town charter, written in 1908, guaranteed women the right to vote a dozen years before the 19th Amendment was ratified.

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