The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Black Women in American Culture and History, so this post will tell the story of a woman who went unknown for far too long. More than 60 years ago, in February 1951, a remarkable woman named Henrietta Lacks left the world a stunning legacy that may [...]
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Remembering Henrietta Lacks, the Woman behind HeLa Cells
Posted in Black History Month, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged AAUW, Black History Month, Black Women in American Culture and History, Fellowships and Grants, HeLa, Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal LIfe of Henrietta Lacks on February 16, 2012, | 3 Comments »
Harriet Tubman, Spy
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Civil Rights, tagged African American, Black History Month, women's history on February 23, 2009, | 3 Comments »
By sheer happenstance I caught the tail end of the review of a new book, Black Dispatches, by Ken Dagler, which tells stories of African American slaves who actually served as spies. As someone who had decided to be a spy at the age of five (albeit later denied for being “too short”), I found [...]
Ida B. Wells: Nothing Stopped Her from Exposing the Truth
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Black History Month, civil rights, women's rights, women's suffrage on February 13, 2009, | 6 Comments »
In recognition of Black History Month, AAUW is profiling women we should never forget who fought to break through barriers. This week we feature Ida Bell Wells (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), who was an African American teacher, journalist, anti-lynching crusader, civil rights leader, and a women’s rights leader active in the Women’s [...]
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