A Woman to Know: Margaret Brent

I am a landowner and thy Lordship’s attorney. I hereby request a voice on this council. — Margaret Brent

I am a landowner and thy Lordship’s attorney. I hereby request a voice on this council. — Margaret Brent

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In 1639, when Margaret Brent arrived in America, she came with something no other woman had: a land grant. The gentlewoman — then never married and already in her late 30s — settled in St. Mary’s, Maryland with her sister.…