Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Delaware’s Forgotten Daughter

Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Friends of Historic Camden
Kent County
Program: Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Delaware’s Forgotten Daughter

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born to free Blacks in Wilmington in 1823. At a time when women’s talents were confined to the home, Mary Ann become a teacher, writer, staunch abolitionist, suffragist, the first black woman to publish a newspaper in North America, the first female admitted to Howard Law School and one of our country’s first female lawyers. Learn about her amazing life, her Delaware ancestors (dating before the Revolutionary War) and see how Delaware is finally recognizing the importance of this “diamond” of the “Diamond State.”

Join Speaker Lora Englehart for this talk.

This event is sponsored by Delaware Humanities. If you have any questions please contact the hosting location.

Friends of Historic Camden
25 S Main St
Camden DE 19934
603-490-9934