 Aged women's home built by the society in 1850 | |
| Formation | 1802 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1849; re-incorporated as the Baltimore Humane Impartial Society and Aged Women's Home |
| Purpose | To provide assistance to widowed and abandoned women |
| Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
Region served | Baltimore |
President | Mary Pickersgill (1828-1851) |
| Remarks | This organization has evolved into the Pickersgill Retirement Community of Towson, Maryland |
The Impartial Female Humane Society was an early 19th-century benevolent organization established to assist distressed women in Baltimore, Maryland. The society was formed in 1802 and incorporated in 1811. Its most noted president was Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who made the Star Spangled Banner Flag, who served from 1828 to 1851. Under Pickersgill, the society opened an Aged Women's Home in 1851. The home, which was supplemented with a men's home in 1864, became the focus of the society, and today the organization has evolved into the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson, Maryland.