Allegany County Maryland--Biography

Tamar Brown

Tamar Brown was an African-American freedwoman who is credited with establishing the first school for black children in Frostburg. This later became known as the Lincoln School. Identified in the census as a laundress, Tamar established this school in 1867 on a quarter-acre lot at the intersection of Park Avenue and Maple Street, roughly on a spot now occupied by the Compton Science Center on the campus of Frostburg State University.

Edith Bracey, 1893 - 1960

Edith Bracey was an elementary school teacher at Carver School, for African-American children, where her husband, Earle L. Bracey, served as principal.

Allegany County Board of Education - V

Dr. Cynthia S. Bambara is Allegany College of Maryland’s (ACM) fifth president and the first woman to lead the Cumberland-based community college in its more than 50-year history.

A Pennsylvania native, Dr. Bambara came to ACM from Virginia, where she was a veteran community college administrator. She had served as interim president of Central Virginia Community College, which she guided in a Virginia Community College System appointment as CVCC searched for a permanent leader.

Pansye S. Atkinson (1930-2022)

Pansye S. Atkinson was born in Asheville, North Carolina and acquired her undergraduate degree from Fisk University in Tennessee. She began her career as a school teacher in Georgetown, South Carolina and later taught in Baltimore City.

Allegany County Board of Education - IV

Fifteen women have been elected to the Allegany County Board of Education since 1974 when it changed from an appointed to an elected position.

Sara-Beth Bittinger was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley on February 18, 2010 to fill the vacancy on the Allegany County Board of Education left by the passing of C. Fred Sloan. She was a candidate in the 2010 election for a seat on the Board of Education and was the top vote-getter in the November 2, 2010 General Election. In late 2017 Bittinger announced she would not be running for re-election in 2018.

Fifteen women have been elected to the Allegany County Board of Education since 1974 when it changed from an appointed to an elected position.

The image shows five of the women, top row from left: Judith Thelen (1937-2020), Donna Truesdell, Jodie Gordon; bottom row from left Jane Dawson (1932-2009), and Karen Treber.

Fifteen women have been elected to the Allegany County Board of Education since 1974 when it went from an appointed to elected position. These include Mary Robb (1917-2015), Margaret Hamilton (1920-2006), Adrienne Ottaviani, Susan Coyle, Brenda Ferguson.

Top row from left, Mary Robb, Margaret Hamilton, Susan Coyle; bottom row from left, Adrienne Ottaviani and Brenda Ferguson.
 

Women's Equality Day - Garrett County