The Impartial Female Humane Society was an early 19th-century benevolent organization established to assist distressed women in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1802, "several ladies" formed the Impartial Female Humane Society for the purpose of assisting "the deserving widow and deserted wife" and to establish a "Male Free School, upon liberal principles."

In the beginning, the organization sought to find employment for the destitute women, but eventually found that as they aged, they needed a suitable home.

Shipley estimated the total cost as $15,240, and was willing to do the carpenter's work at a deduction of 55% from the standard measurement prices, and also donate $225 to the Society.

The basement contains a kitchen, dining room, sewing apartment, pantries and cellar, and beneath the entrance is a fine arrangement for a refrigerator on a large scale.Mary Pickersgill was still serving as president of the Society in 1851 when the doors to the Aged Women's Home first opened at West Lexington Street and Franklin Square.

They chose a 16-acre site in Towson, Maryland, familiar to the residents: it had served as a summer vacation retreat since 1943 when a bequest from Roberta and Augusta McLaughlin made the purchase of the property possible.