Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn
Mistress Margaret Brent
The National Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America placed this tablet in honor of our National President 1952–1955 Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn, born in St. Mary’s County and whose ancestors landed here with the Lord Baltimore Colony 1634.
Also to the memory of Mistress Margaret Brent, c.1601–1671, known as the “Portia of America” being the only woman lawyer in the colonies.
Marker can be reached from Trinity Church Road west of Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5).
Courtesy hmdb.org
