Early Life Clara Barton (1821-1912) was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, the youngest of five children in a middle-class family. When she was eleven, one of her brothers was seriously injured […]
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One of the early female comics (Moms Mabley preceded her, performing in the 1910s, but she was on the black vaudeville circuit; more about her another day)Born Celine Zeigman in Paris, France, she moved with her family to New York City when she was still a child. Her father was abusive to her mother. Growing up in that atmosphere led Celine to the conclusion that she needed to be self-supporting, to never have to be dependent upon a man.
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“Democracy can only work if the people take power,” says Dolores Huerta, and she has dedicated her entire life to addressing labor and social problems and then helping the people involved take appropriate power.
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Ruth Harriet Louise was the first female photographer hired by a Hollywood studio for the all-important portraits of the movie stars featured in the 1920s. Her work brought a heightened
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Patsy Takemoto Mink served two separate stints in the US Congress (1965-1976) and (1990-2002), representing Hawaii’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts. As the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she worked tirelessly for civil rights, women’s rights, economic justice, civil liberties, peace, and the integrity of the democratic process.
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Althea Gibson (1927-2003) was born in Silver, South Carolina in 1927, but she grew up in Harlem where her family moved when she was very young. She was an unlikely
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