Male Advisory Board

Charles D. Fisher
1866-1906

Charles D. Fisher was born in Westminster, Maryland. He served on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange from 1900-1906. Prior to serving on the board, he fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. After the war, Charles became involved in local business and politics; he co-founded the Gill & Fisher Grain Company in Baltimore and worked for the Chamber of Commerce. Charles was Catholic and married to Nannie Dorsey. In 1906, Charles was killed in a train accident.

Sources:
“Antola v. Gill & Fisher.” United States Circuit Court, D. Maryland, May 21, 1881.

Douglas H. Gordon
Douglas H. Gordon served on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange from 1915 through 1917. Douglas was a philanthropist in Baltimore and even had an annual award for preservation advocacy named after him for Baltimore Heritage.

Sources:
“Modernized Learning Center Still Wears Police Badge of Ostend St. Past.” Baltimore Sun, June 14, 2004.

Francis White
1825-September 12, 1904

Francis White served on the male advisory board for the Woman’s Industrial Exchange from the 1890s until 1903.

Sources:
“11.15.1899 Sun WIE Elections.” Baltimore Sun, November 1.

Frank Blacklock

Frank Blacklock served on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange from around 1906 to 1917. He also served on the Board of Public Works in Baltimore.

Sources:
“A Meeting of the Board of Public Works…” Robert P. Graham, January 28, 1913.

George B. Howser
September 13, 1863-August 7, 1927

George B. Howser was born in Maryland and served on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange in the 1910s. He married Winona Jane Davis in Chicago, Illinois in 1900.  Winona died on November 21, 1918, at 49. George passed away in Baltimore on August 7, 1927, at 63.

Sources:
“George Bramwell Howser” FamilySearch.

George G. Shriver

George G. Shriver was involved at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange on the male advisory board during the 1950s, specifically in 1954. He was on the Board of Recreation and Parks in Baltimore City during the 1950s. He was also the foreman and served as a grand juror for the Baltimore Grand Jury Report in May 1945.

Sources:
[The Board of Recreation and Parks]. September 14, 1956.
“Grand Jury Report.” George G. Shriver, et al. May 1945.

Gilmor Meredith
September 9, 1824-October 11, 1899

Gilmor Meredith was born on September 9, 1824. He was a Baltimore businessman and was on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange in the 1890s. He was prominent in Baltimore society as he also served on the Board of Governors and was vice president and then president of this club. Gilmor founded the Consolidation Coal Company location in Baltimore, was a general for Maryland governor William Pinkney Whyte, worked for Maryland governor John Lee Carroll, was a master of the Kedron Lodge, and was the inspector-general for Maryland, among other career accomplishments. Gilmor died on October 11, 1899 at 75.

Source:
“Obituary for Gilmor Meredith.” Baltimore Sun, October 12, 1899.

Seymour Mandelbaum
July 25, 1847-November 1, 1931

Seymour Mandelbaum was born in Baltimore to Henry Mandelbaum and Jeanette Hartman and was married to Sarah Sonneborn. Seymour served on the male advisory board at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange from 1915-1917. There is now a merit scholarship in his name at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA); Seymour is remembered as an accomplished Baltimore philanthropist.

Sources:
“Merit Scholarships & Prizes for Returning Undergraduate Students.” MICA, 2023.
“Seymor Mandelbaum.” Ancestry.
“Seymour Mandelbaum, Baltimore Philanthropist…” The New York Times, November 2, 1931.