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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
Caroline Herschel – 18th Century Astronomer
As a girl, Caroline Herschel’s expectations were limited, but she had a quick mind and the ability to learn. Although most of what Caroline learned would be to benefit and help her brother, she went on to become a brilliant … Continue reading
Posted in Female "Firsts", Scientists
Tagged 18th century, 19th century, astronomy, Caroline Herschel, science, Sir William Herschel
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Lou Henry Hoover – Herbert’s True Partner
Lou Henry Hoover was born and grew up during a time when the roles of women were changing. Property laws had changed for married women; traditionally male colleges were beginning to admit women; and more and more women were going … Continue reading
Gertrude Belle Elion – Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
“Acyclovir turned out to be different from any other compound Elion had ever seen. It is so similar to a compound needed by the herpes virus for reproduction that the virus is fooled. The virus enters normal cells and starts … Continue reading
Gerty Radnitz Cori – Nobel Prize Winning Biochemist
In the late 19th century after universities began admitting women, there were still challenges to overcome. Most secondary schools for girls focused on social graces and being a good conversationalist but didn’t prepare them for entrance to the university. When … Continue reading
Posted in Female "Firsts", Nobel Prize, Scientists
Tagged 20th century, biochemistry, biology, Cori cycle, Czech Republic, diabetic research, Nobel Prize, women in science
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Indra Devi, the First Lady of Yoga
In a huge departure from the women I usually write about, I’d like to introduce our readers to a woman who practiced the ancient discipline of yoga. Yoga was the domain of men from its inception. The earliest visual evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Educators, Female "Firsts", Writers
Tagged Argentina, BKS Iyengar, China, Ghandi, India, Indra Devi, K Pattabi Jois, Krishnamurti, Russia, Sathya Sai Baba, Shanghai, Sri Krishnamacharya, Tagore, Yoga
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Frances Willard – Forgotten Feminist
Often when we think about the temperance movement it’s limited to Prohibition, mobsters, and the roaring twenties. Temperance was an idea that was tried and failed in the sense that it didn’t work well for the country resulting in the … Continue reading
