Rosie White's videos will teach viewers about famous black women and inventors for Black History Month. Her and her mom make videos all year long, but put an emphasis on February.
Trailblazing Black female athletes like Althea Gibson and Wilma Rudolph overcame discrimination to pave the way for future stars like Venus and Serena Williams.
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Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Gloria Steinem, and Taylor Swift are just some of the women who have become famous for shaping the world as we know it.
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, it's undeniable that these Black female politicians are impressive individuals. Many famous Black female ...
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March is Women’s History Month. It’s the perfect time to teach students about famous women in history and support women’s rights. These video lessons and activities can be used in your classroom during March, but it’s important to teach about notable women figures year-round. You can ...
Toni Morrison won the 1993Nobel Prize for literatureand is known for writing about the experience of Black women. 43 of 100 Betsy Ross Francis G. Mayer/Getty Images Even if Betsy Ross didn't make the first American flag (she may not have, despite the legend), her life and work shed li...
Kamala Harris becomes first female, first Black and first South-Asian vice president in U.S. history, 2021. Table of contentsAmerican women’s history has been full of pioneers: Women who fought for their rights, worked hard to be treated equally and made great strides in fields like sc...
Vote up the top Black women poets around the world. "You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I’ll rise." Maya Angelou published these lines in 1978, and they still resonate today. She'...