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...
by baltWIE | Aug 15, 2024
Mrs. Bessie Orphan at the dessert counter in the WIE Shop, Photo Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun, (Unknown Date). Bessie OrphanNovember 19, 1911 – December 16, 1990 Bessie Faye Fletcher Orphan was born on November 19, 1911, in Princeton, West Virginia....
by baltWIE | Aug 14, 2024
1921 – July 6, 2005 Rita Marie Hegarty was born around 1921 and lived in the Baltimore area for 62 years, where she attended the now called Notre Dame of Maryland University. She was married to Elmer V. Knox. Rita was the manager of the Woman’s Industrial...
by baltWIE | Jul 11, 2024
Miss Willy outside of the Exchange building (December 31, 2000), Photo Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun Wilhelmina “Willy” Godwin1910 – September 18, 2002 Wilhelmina Godwin was born in 1910 to Charles Fischer Godwin and Lucia Fischer Godwin. She had a brother named...
