Name at birth: Booker Taliaferro Washington Booker T. Washington was born a slave and deprived of any early education, but he still became Americaâs leading black educator at the start of the 20th century.
Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near historic Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill, co-founder of Mt. St. Agnes Theological Center for Women, dies at 75. Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill, who co-founded the Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women in Mount Washington as a place for inclusive discussions about faith, died of lymphoma Dec. 14 at Mercy Medical Center. She was 75.