Community capacity Development News blog. Women who Tell Our Stories Women History Month is celebrated to honor the contributions and accomplishments of women to society throughout the course of history. This month of acknowledgment focuses on the remarkable impact of Black, Brown and indigenous women of color who helped to shape the course of American […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actress. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time,[2] as well as one of the most influential musicians of her generation. Hill is credited for breaking barriers for […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Sojourner Truth, (born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist of New York Dutch heritage and a women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover […]
Women’s History Month 2023. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of President Barack Obama. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. Raised on the South Side […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other women […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on […]
Women’s History Month 2023 we highlight Peggy Ann Freeman (August 31, 1945 – May 17, 1979), known professionally as Donyale Luna, was an American supermodel and actress who gained popularity in Western Europe during the late 1960s. Generally cited as “the first Black supermodel”, Luna was the first African-American model to appear on the cover […]