M. Virginia Rosenbaum

M. Virginia Rosenbaum (born M. Virginia Fike) (1921–2005) was Maryland's first female county surveyor and a member of the Maryland Society of Surveyors. For a short time she worked as a copy writer and eventually became the manager of WTBO radio station in Cumberland, Maryland. In 1961 Rosenbaum purchased a local Allegany County, Maryland, newspaper, The Allegany Citizen, renamed it to The Citizen, and edited and published the weekly paper for 28 years.

Early life M. Virginia Fike was born on September 3, 1921, in Suffolk, Virginia, to parents John and Mildred Fike. She attended Ursuline Academy, now known as The Woods Academy, in Bethesda, Maryland, and then went on to attend Strayer's Business College, now known as Strayer University.