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Black Women in Business
“People can only be what they see”: First Black, woman president, CEO begins job at Philadelphia Zoo
BY KIM HUDSON via https://www.cbsnews.com/ Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman started her new job as the first woman...
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Black Women in History
Flora: Tribute to Sisterhood and Black Women
by Cardiff University via https://www.miragenews.com/ A new mural celebrating Black women has been unveiled on the...
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Black Women in History
She was the first woman in Canada to publish a newspaper, but many don’t know her story. A movement is underway to change that
by Reanna Julien Staff Reporter via https://www-thestar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ It wasn’t until Nana aba Duncan was well into...
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Black Women in History
On This Day: Mae Jemison is 1st Black woman to go to space
By UPI Staff via https://www.upi.com/ On Sept. 12, 1992, Mae Jemison became the first Black American...
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Black Women in History
Six Triple Eight: The battalion of black women erased from history
By Oprah Flash & Amy Johnston via https://www.bbc.com/ The story of a World War Two battalion...
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Black Women in History
U.S. pilot looks to become first Black woman to fly solo around the world
by Marquise Francis ·National Reporter Just 2.6% of pilots in the U.S. are Black and less...
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Black Women in History
Black Women and the March on Washington: The Work of Dorothy Height and Anna Arnold Hedgeman
BY AUTUMN DUNCAN AND CAMERON KATZ via https://www.teenvogue.com/ But at the march, men were front and center. On August...
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Black Women in History
A statue honors a once-enslaved woman who won her freedom in court
via https://www.npr.org/ The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom...
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Black Women in History
Candice Alcaraz is first Black woman elected as Wyandotte County district court judge
Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article263877867.html#storylink=cpy One of the longest tenured judges in Wyandotte County was unseated by...
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Black Women in History
Meet Romay Davis, 102-Year-Old Black Female Army Vet Honored with Gold Medal for Groundbreaking WWII Service
By Jeff Truesdell via https://people.com/ Romay Davis is the oldest of six survivors of the first all-female,...
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Black Women in History
Celebrating phenomenal Black women, then and now
By: Surbhi Bir via https://www.ryerson.ca/ The Viola Desmond Awards and Bursary recognizes the outstanding achievements of...
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Black Women in History
Meet The First Black Woman To Be A Licensed Architect In America
BY MALAIKA JABALI via https://www.essence.com/ BEVERLY LORRAINE GREENE, A CHICAGO NATIVE, MADE HER MARK ACROSS THE GLOBE...