Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Maya Angelou 1928- From: United States: Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: poet, novelist, activist, actress Mariama Ba 1929-1981 From: Senegal Fields: Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Ella Baker 1903-1986 From: United States: Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Maria Louise Baldwin 1856-1922 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Daisy Gatson Bates 1914-1999 From: United States: Arkansas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955 From: United States: Florida, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Ruby Bridges 1954- From: United States: Louisiana, Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: first black child to attend a white school in New Orleans Mary Shadd Cary 1823-1893 From: Canada, United States: Delaware, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Septima Poinsette Clark 1898-1987 From: United States: South Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Claudette Colvin 1939- From: United States: Alabama, New York Fields: Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Defied bus segregation in Montgomery, AL, before Rosa Parks did Ellen Smith Craft 1826-1891 From: United Kingdom, United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Sociology/Social Work Marian Wright Edelman 1939- From: United States: Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) c. 1742-1829 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slavery, anti-slavery, activism, human rights, precedent Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer 1917-1977 From: United States: Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825-1911 From: United States: Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Dorothy Height 1912-2010 From: United States: Pennsylvania, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Psychology Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist, president of National Council of Negro Women, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal Harriet Jacobs 1813-1897 From: United States: Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Elizabeth Jennings Graham 1830-1901 From: United States: New York Fields: Education, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: won the first desegregation case in 1855, teacher Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 From: United States: Alabama, Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist Ellen Kuzwayo 1914-2006 From: South Africa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Constance Baker Motley 1921-2005 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Human Rights, Law Micere Githae Mugo 1942- From: Kenya, Zimbabwe Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Pauli Murray 1910-1985 From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law, Religion Rosa Louise Parks 1913-2005 From: United States: Alabama, Michigan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Lucy Parsons 1853-1942 From: United States: Illinois, Texas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Josephine Ruffin 1842-1924 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: editor, journalist, civil rights leader, activist Nina Simone 1933-2003 From: Barbados, France, United States: New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania Fields: Human Rights, Music Mary Louise Smith 1937- From: United States: Alabama Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Preceded Rosa Parks in defying bus segregation Mary Burnett Talbert 1866-1923 From: United States: Arkansas, New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 From: United States: Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 From: United States: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad Alice Walker 1944- From: United States: California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Ida Bell Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 From: United States: Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting |
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