Margaret Brent 3
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- I would have to save the Colony. Without me, the Calverts might lose their territory to Virginia. Now a mature woman of 46, I was well qualified for this task. Like many women of my class, I had enjoyed a basic education in England and had watched my father conduct the business of my estate.
- On January 21, 1648, I went before the all-male Assembly and asked for two votes—one for myself as a landowner and one as executor of Calvert’s will. I hoped to convince them to pass a tax to help pay the disgruntled soldiers. My petition was hotly debated for several hours, but it was ultimately denied by the Assembly and the new Governor, Thomas Green. That denial set a precedent for almost 300 years.
- But I did not give up, so I went to the Provincial Court and asked to be named Lord Baltimore’s attorney in Leonard’s place. My request was granted. The soldiers camped in St. Mary’s City were demanding bread, so my imported corn from Virginia. Then, I sold some of Lord Baltimore’s cattle to pay the soldiers.
- From England, Lord Baltimore launched a “bitter invective” against me, protesting against the sale of his cattle and accusing me of wasting his estate. Although the Maryland assembly declined to grant me a vote, it did defend my stewardship of Baltimore’s estate, advising him that it “was better for the Colonies safety at that time in my hands than in any man’s…for the soldiers would never have treated any others with that civility and respect.”
- I died on my Virginia plantation, which I had named Peace, in 1671, leaving the extensive property in Virginia and Maryland, primarily to my brother Giles and his children.Even though I couldn´t become the first woman in America to gain the right to vote, I helped to protect the stability of Maryland and ensure the colony´s survival. I was involved during my whole life in 100 court cases.
- Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, established by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession in 1991, recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyer
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