black history month presentation (women in history)
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Madam C.J. Walker
(1867-1919)
BusinesswomanHair Care Entrepreneur
Philanthropist
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Billie Holiday“Lady Day”(1915-1959)
American Jazz SingerSongwriter
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee(1962- )
• 6 Olympic Medals
• Voted Greatest Women’s Athlete of 20th Century
(Sports Illustrated)
• Competed in Heptathlon and long jump
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Mary McLeod Bethune(1875-1955)
• Educator• Activist• Founded National Association of Colored Women• Helped in establishing Bethune-Cookman College
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Harriet Tubman(1820-1913)
• American Abolitionist• Humanitarian
• Best known for her role in rescuing slaves using the
Underground Railroad
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Anna Mac Clarke(1919-1944)
She became the first African
American woman to command an all White regiment of
soldiers
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Condoleezza Rice(1954 - )
•American Politician & Author
•First African American female Secretary of State
•Served as National Security Advisor (G.W. Bush)
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Maggie Lena Walker
(1864-1934)African American teacher
and businesswoman
1st African American female bank president
1st African American to charter a bank in the U.S.
Walker later became an advocate for people with
disabilities
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Shirley Chisholm(1924 – 2005)
American Politician, Educator, and Author
1st African American woman elected to the
U.S. congress
1st African American candidate to run for
the Democratic presidential nomination
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Michelle Obama
(1964 - )The wife of
President Barak Obama
1st African American first-lady
of the United States
Graduate of Princeton Univ.
and Harvard Law School