Maryland Woman Suffrage Association formed at Baltimore, led by Emma J. Joe Gans (1874-1910) of Baltimore won boxing's world championship light heavyweight title in Ontario, Canada.ġ904. Child labor under age fourteen forbidden by law.ġ902, May 12. Compulsory school attendance law passed.ġ902, April 11. Workmen's compensation law enacted (overturned in courts), first such law in U.S.ġ902, April 8. Regulations for miners' work conditions enacted.ġ902, April 1. Election law updated, party emblems banned on ballots.ġ902, March 24. Automobile Club of Maryland founded in James E. Walters opened in Baltimore, continued in use until 1954.ġ901. John Walter Smith (Democrat), governor.ġ900. Brugger, Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980 (Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988).ġ900-1904. Maryland Historical Chronology, 1900-1999 MARYLAND AT A GLANCE HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGYĪided by Robert J.
