KRLemmons Women's History Month

Day 13 Woman of the Day: Renita Weems

Renita Weems, a bible scholar and ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is Day 13 Woman of the day.  Read about this powerful woman below:

RenitaWeemsBiography: http://www.somethingwithin.com/biography.html

Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3431000061.html

Youtube videos: “Just in Case” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gM5bhqpPxY, “The Gospel of Mary” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLlHsPqqNz8, “Trayvon Martin” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gPB-w2XP5Y

Books by Renita Weems on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Renita-J.-Weems/e/B000APSONU

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Day 12 Woman of the Day: Nancy Wilson

Vocalist Nancy Wilson is Day 12 Woman of the day.  Read about this multitalented woman below.

nancywilsonBiography: http://www.biography.com/people/nancy-wilson-21442799

All Music: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-wilson-mn0000368367/biography

NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95307007, http://www.npr.org/people/2101390/nancy-wilson

Kennedy Center: http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3495&source_type=A

Youtube videos: “Guess Who I Saw Today” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wPKzLvqKDg. “How Glad I Am” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHVZ51o6ZNE

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Day 10 Woman of the Day: Charlotta Spears Bass

Bass-CharlottaCharlotta Spears Bass was a newspaper publisher-editor and civil rights activist.  She was also the first African American woman to run for the U.S. Vice President under the Progressive Party ticket.  Read more about this revolutionary woman below.

PBS: http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/bass.html

Women of the West: http://theautry.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/bass_full.html

Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/bass-charlotta-1879-1969

Black History Now: http://blackhistorynow.com/charlotta-bass/

Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2874200015.html

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Day 9 Woman of the Day: M. Joycelyn Elders

Joycelyn_EldersDay 9 Woman of the Day is M. Joycelyn Elders, who was appointed Surgeon General, and later fired, during the Clinton Administration.  Read about this controversial woman below.

National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_98.html

Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/elders-joycelyn-minnie-1933

NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10540974

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Day 8 Woman of the Day: Bessie Smith

Bessie-SmithBessie Smith, jazz and blues singer, is Day 8 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this “Empress of the Blues” below.

Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/bessie-smith-9486520

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: https://rockhall.com/inductees/bessie-smith/bio/

PBS.org: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm

NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2008/05/07/90206287/bessie-smith-blues-empress

Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bessie-smith-1894-1937

Youtube videos: “Nobody Know You When You are Down and Out” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzU8xM99Uo,  “St. Louis Blues”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXBZFvFXdA

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March 6 Woman of the Day: Ethel Payne

Ethel Payne, journalist, is March 6 Woman of the Day.  Read about this pioneer woman below.

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Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ethel-paynefirst-lady-of-the-black-pressasked-questions-no-one-else-would/2011/08/02/gIQAJloFBJ_story.html

PBS.org: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/black-journalist-ethel-payne-changed-national-agenda-coverage-civil-rights/

Black History Now: http://blackhistorynow.com/ethel-l-payne/

American National Biography Online: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-03900.html

HarperCollins Publisher: Book about Ethel Payne: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062198853/eye-on-the-struggle

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March 4 Woman of the Day: Harriet Powers

Harriet Powers, African American quilter, is March 4 Woman of the Day.  Read about this pioneer woman below.

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PBS.org: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365210187/

New York Times Learning Page: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20040130friday.html

National Museum of American History: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_556462

Amazon.com Book about Harriet Powers: http://www.amazon.com/Stitching-Stars-Harriet-African-American-Artisans/dp/0684195763

African American Registry: http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/harriet-powers-artist-story-quilts