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Celebrating Black History Month Part 3
Here’s one last post of the women we’ve highlighted on the Saints, Sisters, and Sluts Facebook page for Black History Month. There are many more women who have made considerable contributions and done amazing things. It’s impossible to include them … Continue reading
Celebrating Black History Month Part 2
I want to continue sharing brief information on the black women I’ve learned about during Black History Month. The more women I’ve researched this month, the more I have discovered. There is an embarrassment of riches in this area that … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Female "Firsts"
Tagged 19th century, 20th century, activist, African American female physicians, African American History Month, Audre Lorde, Black History Month, Edmonia Lewis, Fannie Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Frances Berry, Pearl Bailey, Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Violette Neatley Anderson, women's rights, women's suffrage
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Celebrating Black History Month Part 1
During Black History Month, I’ve been highlighting at least one black woman each day on the Saints, Sisters, and Sluts Facebook page. I share other people’s posts, but I’ve made an effort to post at least one woman each day … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Female "Firsts"
Tagged abolitionist, activist, African American History Month, Audrey Forbes Manley, Black History Month, civil rights, Delta Sigma Theta, Edith S. Sampson, Elizabeth Jennings, Leontyne Price, Maggie Walker, Rosa Parks, women's rights
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Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the DAR
On Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed in what may be her most famous concert in the United States. It began with a stirring rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial … Continue reading
Mary Ann Shadd Cary – Blazing the Trail for Women
Not very many people accomplish as much as Mary Ann Shadd Cary did in her life, much less blaze a trail to do it. She has many “firsts” to her credit: first black woman publisher in North America, first woman … Continue reading
Mary McLeod Bethune – “Genius Knows No Racial Barriers”
In 1904, a young woman with faith in God and a passion for education opened a school in Daytona Florida with $1.50 and five young African-American girls. Over the next fourteen years, the school would add a four-story building containing … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Educators
Tagged 20th century, activist, African-Americans, Juneteenth, Mary McLeod Bethune, women, women's history
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