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Feb 1, 2022 · Feb. 1, 2022, 9:15 AM PST / Updated Jan. 18, 2024, 8:21 AM PST. By Madeline Merinuk and Sarah Lemire. Rosa Parks. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Ida B. Wells. Kamala Harris. They're just a few of many...
Feb 8, 2022 · 23 Influential Black Women to Celebrate During Black History Month (and Beyond) For Black History Month, we're spotlighting powerful Black women at the top tiers of today's politics, sports, arts and more. February 8, 2022
- Amanda Smith. Orator and evangelist Amanda Smith forged a new role for women in the Methodist church in the late 19th century. Some of Smith's many accomplishments include establishing an orphanage for Black children outside of Chicago, Illinois.
- Lynette Youson. Lynette Youson is a fifth-generation basket weaver from a Gullah community in South Carolina. The Gullah are a group of African Americans living in the Southeast who maintain cultural, linguistic, and artistic traditions from West African ancestors.
- Mary Lee Mills. Captain Mary Lee Mills, USPHS, MSN, MPH, RN, CNM, began her career in public health as a nurse-midwife. In 1946, Mills joined the United States Public Health Service, where she completed tours of duty in Liberia, Lebanon, and South Vietnam.
- Sonia Sanchez. Born on September 9, 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama, Sonia Sanchez has inspired generations of women and African Americans through poetry, teachings, plays, and activism.
- Alice Coachman (1923-2014) Team USA/YouTube. Black excellence in sports is nothing new. Alice Coachman laid the foundation for Black women to dominate in track and field as the first Black woman to win an Olympic goal medal in 1948.
- Jane Bolin (1908-2007) Jane Bolin’s name is synonymous with firsts in the legal arena. She’s the first Black woman to graduate Yale Law School, join the New York City Bar Association and the NYC Law Department, and become a judge in the United States.
- Laura Bowman (1881-1957) Sack Amusement Enterprises. Early horror films didn’t offer many opportunities for Black characters to exist outside of a racist and problematic white gaze.
- Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895) In 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. defied odds by becoming the first Black woman doctor of medicine. To put this in perspective, this is only two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by then-President Abraham Lincoln.
Jan 30, 2024 · This Black History Month, we celebrate the unsung heroes of abortion rights, voting rights, affirmative action, reparations, military inclusion and LGBTQ movements. Here are their stories....
Feb 25, 2021 · Feb 25, 2021 / Krishna Mann. Share This Idea. In the US, the stories of a select few Black women — Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells, to name a few — seem to circulate on a regular rotation in school classrooms, inspirational calendars and social media memes.
Feb 25, 2021 · 8. Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the...
