Margaret Brent
- Lived from 1601-1671
- Requested for the right to vote - for two votes - in front of the Assembly in the St. Mary's Colony
- Businesswoman, landowner
- Governor Leonard Calvert granted her executor of his will
- Never married
Source: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/002100/002177/html/brochure.html
Margaret Brent Hall
- Houses philosophy and religious studies departments
- Was moved from the historic side of St. Mary's City to close to the Campus Center in 2011
Source: http://somd.com/news/headlines/2011/14317.php and
Other Namesakes
- Margaret Brent Middle School in Helen, MD
- SMCM DeSousa-Brent Scholars Program
- University of Maryland Margaret Brent Hall
- Margaret Brent Exhibit at St. Mary's City & St. John's Site Museum
- Jones Point Park , VA historical marker
- The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award established by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession
- Historical highway marker in Virginia, along historic Route 1
- Margaret Brent Elementary School in Stafford, VA
- In first group of women inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Brent
