Trailblazing businesswomen sparked Ocean City as vacation hotspot

BALTIMORE – We know Ocean City for its beaches and boardwalks. It’s a sure thing for a summer getaway not too far from home. But things were quite different back in the 1800 and 1900s. “It was a fishing village where people lived and worked,” said Christine Okerblom, curator at Ocean City Life-saving Station Museum. Several women had big dreams for the small town. Beginning as one of the only acceptable ways for women to make additional money, they started what is now a booming tourism industry. “These women from the 1800s and1900s really paved the way for businesswomen,” Okerblom…