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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School) in Troy, N.Y. In 1840 she married Henry Brewster Stanton, a journalist and abolitionist, and attended with him
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Council of Negro Women
Educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, founds National Council of Negro Women, 1935
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5
1935
Harris, Barbara C. (1930- )
Religious leader Barbara Clementine Harris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Walter and Beatrice (Price) Harris on June 12, 1930. After graduating from the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, she joined Joseph V. Baker Associates, Inc., a black-owned public relations
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Mo’Nique
Name at birth: Monique Imes
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Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson is a legendary African American actress. She is known for her remarkable performance in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and The Help, and has been nominated for a BAFTA Award and won two Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for highly prestigious Academy Award and the Golden
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6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (1945–1946)
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-black battalion of the Woman’s Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had eight hundred and fifty-five enlisted African American women and officers. The battalion was commanded by Major Charity Edna Adams Early, who became the highest-ranking
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Allan Rohan Crite, painter, born
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1910
Jefferson-Jenkins, Carolyn (1952 - )
In 1994 Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was elected the first African American president of the National League of Women Voters.  She became at that time the 15th president of the League in its 74 year history. A native of Ohio, Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins majored in
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Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is one of the most interesting inventors ever, not simply because of his invention but more so because of his celebrated and controversial life. Johnson was born on March 31, 1878 in Galveston, Texas under the name John Arthur Johnson and spent much of his teenage life working on boats
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Pam Grier
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Campbell, Bertha Pitts (1889-1990)
Bertha Pitts Campbell was an early Seattle civil rights worker, a founder of the Christian Friends for Racial Equality, and an early board member of the Seattle Urban League.  She was also one of 22 young women at Howard University in 1913, who founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, one of the
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Nkom, Alice (1945- )
Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also well known among Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists worldwide because of her legal advocacy for gay
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US Navy accepted black women, 1944
US Navy accepted black women, 1944
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1944
Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers became the first black gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. She and partner Jill Brakken won the inagural womens two-person bobsled event.
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19
2002
Fort Valley State University (1939- )
Fort Valley State University, in Fort Valley, Georgia, is a four year liberal arts land grant school that is part of the University System of Georgia. It was formed in 1939 when Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School merged with the State Teachers and Agricultural College of
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1996
Egypt
The day after the violence—the worst since the revolution began in 2011—the interim military government named Hazem el-Beblawy, a respected economist who supported the ouster of Mubarak, as prime minister and said a new constitution would be drafted and elections would be held within six
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The first Black woman tennis champion, Althea Gibson,win's the women's Wimbledon
The first Black woman tennis champion, Althea Gibson,wins the womens Wimbledon singles championship
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Jul
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1957
National Council of Negro Women
Dorothy Height, YMCA official, elected president of the National Council of Negro Women.
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27
1957
Egypt
A draft of the new constitution—replacing the one adopted under Morsi—was released in early December. While it includes provisions that protect citizens, including a ban on torture, human trafficking, and violence against women, the constitution expanded the powers of the police and security forces
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Fairfax, Alfred (c.1843– c.1916)
Elected to the state House of Representatives in 1888, Alfred Fairfax was the first African American to serve in the Kansas legislature. A farmer and pastor, Fairfax represented the 58th District. During his single term in office (1889-1890), he served as chairman of the House Committee on
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(1838) Angelina Grimké Weld, “Speech in Pennsylvania Hall”
In the speech below Angelina Grimke Weld, who was born to a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, invites the women and men of Philadelphia to join  her in the campaign against
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(1851) Sojourner Truth “Ar'nt I a Woman?”
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was arguably the most famous of the 19th Century black women orators. Born into slavery in New York and freed in 1827 under the state’s gradual emancipation law, she dedicated her life to abolition and equal rights for women and men. Two versions of her most noted
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Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker
Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker sī´dənstrĭk˝ər [key], 1892–1973, American author, b. Hillsboro, W.Va., grad. Randolph-Macon Womens College, 1914, the first American woman to receive (1938) the Nobel Prize in Literature. Until 1924 she lived principally in China, where she, her parents, and her first
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Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree (ca. 1791-1883)
Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, became arguably the most well-known 19th Century African American woman. Born around 1791, Isabella (her birth name) was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of Colonel Ardinburgh
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Morocco
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Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Women's Rights Convention, Akron Ohio
Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Womens Rights Convention, Akron Ohio
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Jan
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1851
Slavery
Twenty Africans, three of them women, arrive in Jamestown, VA on a Dutch ship and are sold as indentured servants; indentured servitude acts asa forerunner to slavery in English colonies.
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Frances Harper
Born: 9/24/1825 Baltimore, MarylandDied: 2/22/1911 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrances Harper was an African-American abolitionist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of social reform and was a member of the Womens Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government
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Walker, Mary Edwards
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832–1919, American surgeon and feminist, b. Oswego, N.Y., grad. Syracuse Medical College, 1855. At the beginning of the Civil War she offered her services to the Union army. For the first three years she served as a nurse, but in 1864 she was commissioned assistant
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Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, track legend born
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee TRACK & FIELD Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois March 3, 1962 - Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is part of a the Joyner family of Americantrack-and-field stars. Jackie first gained national attention by winning 4consecutive National Junior Pentathlon Championships. She set
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1962
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