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When Ida B. Wells Married, It Was a Page One Story

A journalist and fighter for the rights of black Americans and women, she postponed the wedding three times because of he...

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Josephine Ruffin: Activist & Editor of First Newspaper Published by and for Black Women

Actress ISABEL SANFORD was the first African-American woman to receive an emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in "The Jeffersons." Les Goonies, Georges Clemenceau, Playboy, Cynthia Rhodes, Phoenix Arizona, Goonies, Hollywood, Lynda Carter, Mia Farrow

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Actress ISABEL SANFORD was the first African-American woman to receive an emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in "The Jeffersons."

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Nigerian Prodigy Ola Orekunrin Became A Doctor At 21

After her sister died of sickle cell anemia, Ola Orekunrun founded West Africa's 1st air ambulance service, The Flying Doctors. See her story (via Atlanta Black Star)

Maya Rudolph (top photo), actress, comedian, and singer emulating her mother Minnie Riperton's (bottom photo) "Perfect Angel" (1974) original album cover. Maya's photograph was taken for Saturday Night Live. Actors & Actresses, Vintage, Comedians, People, Mother, Mother Daughter, Daughter, Saturday Night Live, Losing Her

Maya Rudolph (top photo), actress, comedian, and singer emulating her mother Minnie Riperton's (bottom photo) "Perfect Angel" (1974) original album cover. Maya's photograph was taken for Saturday Night Live.

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Mary Seacole, Jamaican Herbalist. During Crimean War performed surgery on the frontline and established the "British Hotel" providing supplies for soldiers and quarters for sick and infirmed.

Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies (photographed by Camille Silvy, 1862) She was born into a royal West African dynasty, and was orphaned in 1848, when she was around five years old, when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war. In 1850, Sarah was taken to England and presented to Queen Victoria as a “gift” from the King of Dahomey. She became the queen’s goddaughter and a celebrity known for her extraordinary intelligence. Queen Victoria, Victoria, Portraits, Lady, Vintage Photos, Victorian, Daughter Of God

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Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies (photographed by Camille Silvy, 1862) She was born into a royal West African dynasty, and was orphaned in 1848, when she was around five years old, when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war. In 1850, Sarah was taken to England and presented to Queen Victoria as a “gift” from the King of Dahomey. She became the queen’s goddaughter and a celebrity known for her extraordinary intelligence.

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Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. She reigned for nearly 58 years from 1890 to 1948, longer than any other Dutch monarch.

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The first woman ever admitted to Harvard Med School. Truly inspiring. A Filipina woman named Fe del Mundo received an offer from the president of the Philippines for a full scholarship to attend any medical in the United States after graduating as valedictorian from the University of the Philippines in 1933. She decided to attend Harvard Medical School in 1936, even though HMS wasn’t admitting women at the time. Harvard only started officially accepting women to the medical school in 1945. Inspiration, President Of The Philippines, Famous Women, Harvard Medical School, Powerful Women

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The first woman ever admitted to Harvard Med School. Truly inspiring. A Filipina woman named Fe del Mundo received an offer from the president of the Philippines for a full scholarship to attend any medical in the United States after graduating as valedictorian from the University of the Philippines in 1933. She decided to attend Harvard Medical School in 1936, even though HMS wasn’t admitting women at the time. Harvard only started officially accepting women to the medical school in 1945.

Dr. Hayden, the head of Baltimore’s library system, would be the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position if she is approved by the Senate. Former President, Obama, Nbc News, Senate, Hayden, Baltimore Library, American Library Association, Library Of Congress

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Carla Hayden Nominated to Head Library of Congress (Published 2016)

Dr. Hayden, the head of Baltimore’s library system, would be the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position if she is approved by the Senate.

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Ethel L. Payne (August 14, 1911 – May 28, 1991) was an African-American journalist. Known as the "First Lady of the Black Press", she was a columnist, lecturer, and freelance writer. She combined advocacy with journalism as she reported on the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. She became the first female African-American commentator employed by a national network when CBS hired her in 1972. In addition to her reporting of American domestic politics, she also covered internati...

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Madame Walker: Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23,1867 on a LA plantation,a daughter of former slaves (who was orphaned at age seven and worked in the cotton fields as a child) transformed herself from farm laborer and laundress into one of he 20th century's most successful, self-made entrepreneurs.Walker made most of her fortune between 1911 and 1917 making Madam C.J. Walker the 1st Afri. Amer. woman to become a millionaire. She lived in a mansion near the Rockefellers. Biddy Craft Beautiful Black Women, Most Beautiful Women, Beautiful, Haar, Donna

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Madame Walker: Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23,1867 on a LA plantation,a daughter of former slaves (who was orphaned at age seven and worked in the cotton fields as a child) transformed herself from farm laborer and laundress into one of he 20th century's most successful, self-made entrepreneurs.Walker made most of her fortune between 1911 and 1917 making Madam C.J. Walker the 1st Afri. Amer. woman to become a millionaire. She lived in a mansion near the Rockefellers. Biddy Craft

Vivian Gordon Harsh 1890-1960 was the 1st African American librarian in Chicago Public Library system -a significant contributor to Chicago's Black Renaissance. 1932 she was appointed head librarian of the George Cleveland Hall Branch, the city’s 1st library built in an African American community. During her career, Harsh developed a black history collection that would become a world-renowned resource for residents & scholars. Follow #Professionalimage Historian, Black History Facts, The University Of Chicago

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Vivian Gordon Harsh 1890-1960 was the 1st African American librarian in Chicago Public Library system -a significant contributor to Chicago's Black Renaissance. 1932 she was appointed head librarian of the George Cleveland Hall Branch, the city’s 1st library built in an African American community. During her career, Harsh developed a black history collection that would become a world-renowned resource for residents & scholars. Follow #Professionalimage

BETTY FRIEDAN (1921 - 2006) Her book, The Feminine Mystique, is credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism. Founder and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), she organized the nationwide "Women's Strike for Equality" on 50th anniversary of women's suffrage. Waves, Woman’s Day, Women's Rights, Women's, Feminist Af, International Women’s Day, Women Right To Vote

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BETTY FRIEDAN (1921 - 2006) Her book, The Feminine Mystique, is credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism. Founder and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), she organized the nationwide "Women's Strike for Equality" on 50th anniversary of women's suffrage.

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Maude Collins - Ohio's First (and possibly America's first) Female Sheriff in 1925. Maude was a capable sheriff. She was the first woman to ever deliver prisoners to the state penitentiary, a task she fulfilled fully armed in 1929. And her detective skills were considerable. On one case, she cleverly determined that a murderer had worn someone else's shoes to leave misleading footprints.

Helen Keller-Even though she was deaf and blind, she learned to communicate and became a world-famous supporter of women's suffrage. #HelenKeller Scarlett Johansson, Edwardian, Helen Keller, Activist, Suffrage Movement

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From December 1941 all women aged 18 to 50, except those exempted, were required to do National Service. They could either join one the uniformed women's services,or seek work in a factory.The contribution made by the women factory workers must be among the most neglected aspect of WW2.The factories were the target of enemy bombers & their homes were near those factories.They worked long hours, spent nights in air raid shelters & survived under food and fuel rationing conditions. Black And White, The Past, Moda, Historical Photos

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From December 1941 all women aged 18 to 50, except those exempted, were required to do National Service. They could either join one the uniformed women's services,or seek work in a factory.The contribution made by the women factory workers must be among the most neglected aspect of WW2.The factories were the target of enemy bombers & their homes were near those factories.They worked long hours, spent nights in air raid shelters & survived under food and fuel rationing conditions.

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Famous French-American Figure Skaters Surya Bonaly - Ice Skating Legend Ice Skating Legend Surya Bonaly: French and European figure skating champion, Surya Bonaly, is remembered for her exotic and original ice skating costumes and for being the first female figure skater to attempt a quadruple jump.

Emmy Noether revolutionized mathematics — and still faced sexism all her life

In 1915, she discovered one of the most profound ideas in science. Yet universities wouldn't hire her because she was a woman.

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The Power of Dreams-Martha Ann Ricks-From Slavery to Windsor Castle

MARTHA ANN RICKS, was born a Slave, in TN, about 1817. At 13, she and her family were returned to Africa by the Tennessee Colonization Society who felt Free Blacks should not be allowed to remain in North America. Inspired by Queen Victoria’s stance on Slavery, Ricks was determined to make a quilt for the Queen. Over twenty five years, she worked on the cotton silk quilt. At age 76, she sailed to England and was presented at court on July 16, 1892, presenting her quilt to the Queen.

☥ The state of California was named after the mythical Black Queen Califia. According to the story, California was an island where only Black women lived. The women were the most powerful women in the world. When Cortez arrived in California, searching for this mythical queen, her influence on him was so severe, he paid tribute to this powerful Black Woman Queen Califia by naming the state after her. California literally means, “the land where Black women live." Africa, Buddha, Drake, Black Art, Queen, Kunst, Sanat

☥ The state of California was named after the mythical Black Queen Califia. According to the story, California was an island where only Black women lived. The women were the most powerful women in the world. When Cortez arrived in California, searching for this mythical queen, her influence on him was so severe, he paid tribute to this powerful Black Woman Queen Califia by naming the state after her. California literally means, “the land where Black women live."

Quvenzhané Wallis is the first African-American child actor to earn an Oscar nomination, and the first person born in the 21st century to receive an Academy Award nomination. Black Girls, Styl, Personas, Mannequins

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Quvenzhané Wallis is the first African-American child actor to earn an Oscar nomination, and the first person born in the 21st century to receive an Academy Award nomination.