by baltWIE | Aug 16, 2024
Charlotte ZimernachOctober 1, 1927 – July 12, 2017 Charlotte Zimernach, the “breakfast girl,” at age 85, was a waitress at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange until the 1990s; it is unknown when exactly she started work at the Exchange. She worked with waitresses...
by baltWIE | Aug 16, 2024
Anna SchertleMarch 20, 1901-September 30, 1991 Anna H. Klaus was born in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the identical twin sister of Marguerite Klaus. Anna, Marguerite, and their three siblings were the children of immigrant parents from Germany. When she was...
by baltWIE | Aug 15, 2024
Liberty Eugenticus, or “Mrs. Liberty,” was involved at the Exchange primarily throughout the 1970s as a board member, a time in which handmade quilts were the most popular item in the store. In meeting minutes recorded by secretary Katherine B. Witz from January 1977,...
by baltWIE | Aug 15, 2024
Irene Smith was a lawyer and teacher before becoming an owner of the revived Woman’s Industrial Exchange. Years after the Exchange closed in 2002, Irene opened the Woman’s Industrial Kitchen in 2011 to restore the environment and familiarity of the original Exchange,...
by baltWIE | Aug 15, 2024
April 1974: 50th anniversary at the Exchange where Lydia Wright was gifted a corsage by the board of managers as an Easter gift to commemorate her anniversary. In December of 1975, it was decided that she would be gifted a hand-picked watch with her initials and...
