Mary Young Pickersgill was known as a very successful business women as well as a philanthropist who resided in Baltimore. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1176, she learned the art of flag making from her mother, who had crafted flags during the Revolutionary war. Later in 1807, as her husband died Pickersgill had to find a way to support herself and her family. Pickersgill managed to use her skills in flag making to start up her own flag making business. With that she was able to successfully support her family, by making things such as; signal flags, house flags, flags for the U.S army, Navy...Etc. At the time it was still 150 years before women were able to enter the field of business, despite that Pickersgill was able to comprise a successful business by herself. She later took it upon herself to address multiple social issues revolving the ideas around housing, job placing, and financial disadvantages regarding women. As the success of her business carried on, eventually she was set for national contribution of having to create a 30x42 foot flag for the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. She was praised for her efforts as many said “so large that the British will have no difficulty seeing it from a distance.”