Cynthia Cooper, athlete and basketball player, is Day 26 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneer woman below.
Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/cynthia-cooper-40885
WNBA: http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/cynthia_cooper/index.html
ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/inthegame/article/9487912/curls-whirls-espnw
Youtube videos: Hall of Fame Enshrinement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2Zg3jYc9Y, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwPiw_YfAI,
Minnie Riperton, the multi octave vocalist, is Day 25 Woman of the Day. Read more about this talented performer below.
Allmusic.com: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/minnie-riperton-mn0000500889
Youtube videos: “Loving You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg, “Inside My Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVniMFJYY1o, “Back Down Memory Lane” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7MaFE-uRQ
Day 24 Woman of the Day is Sheryl Swoopes, former WNBA basketball player, and now coach. Read more about this pioneer woman below.
Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/sheryl-swoopes-9542142#synopsis
WNBA: http://www.wnba.com/news/sheryl_swoopes_head_coach_2013_12_16.html
Youtube videos: documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caTqYn8cU4, on coaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1m3TZp5RgA
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, award winning journalist and former PBS NewsHour correspondent, is Day 23 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneer woman below.
Biography:http://www.biography.com/people/charlayne-hunter-gault-37794
Lifetime Achievement Award: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/charlayne-hunter-gault-former-newshour-correspondent-honored-lifetime-achievement-award/
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/hunter-gault-charlayne-1942
NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/07/132712913/a-pioneer-looks-back-50-years-after-making-history
Youtube videos: Special Guest with Arise America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbGk7pHudmk, Nelson Mandela Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyecb3a_lJI, Washington Press Club Tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0nc0jg0zzE
Day 22 Woman of the Day is Dinah Washington, also known as “The Queen of the Blues.” Read more about this interesting singer below.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: https://rockhall.com/inductees/dinah-washington/bio/
AllMusic: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dinah-washington-mn0000260038
BlackPast.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/washington-dinah-ruth-lee-jones-1924-1963
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3872390
Youtube videos: “What a Difference a Day Makes”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmBxVfQTuvI “Evil Gal Blues”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RatGuS-byw8, “You’ve Got What it Takes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnLHP0EBfhU
Civil rights activist and U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton is Day 21 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneering woman below.
Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/eleanor-holmes-norton-9425250
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/norton-eleanor-holmes-1937
District of Columbia information: http://norton.house.gov/about/full-biography
Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCmHZtUSc5I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSbte5yYkVs
Mary Frances Berry, civil rights activist, author, professor and much more is Day 19 Woman of the Day. She served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Read more about this fascinating below.
Website: http://www.maryfrancesberry.com/
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/berry-mary-frances-1938
C-Span: In Depth with Mary Frances Berry: http://www.c-span.org/video/?320899-1/depth-mary-frances-berry
NPR: http://www.npr.org/books/authors/138216275/mary-frances-berry
Books written by Mary Frances Berry on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Frances-Berry/e/B001ITYNW8
Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEic1FBKHZM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX59tOyqrVI
Tracy Reese, a Detroit native, is a fashion designer who designed for First Lady of the President Michelle Obama. Read more about this talented designer/businesswoman below.
Website: http://www.tracyreese.com
Biography: http://www.tracyreese.com/blog/meet-tracy/
Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Tracy_Reese.aspx
Famous Fashion Designers: http://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/tracy-reese
Youtube video: My life, my inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSmqv_htWsE
Barbara Jordan, civil rights activist, U.S. Representative and the first African American congresswoman to come from the deep South, is Day 17 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneering woman below.
Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/barbara-jordan-9357991
History.com: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/barbara-c-Jordan
Speeches on Youtube: 1976 Democratic Convention, Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg7gLIx__-k, 1992 Democratic Convention, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RSZp9R_Vk, Impeachment Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG6xMglSMdk
Betye Saar, an assemblage artist, is Day 16 Woman of the Day. Read more about this multi-talented artist below.
Website: http://www.betyesaar.net/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6688207
New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/arts/design/12saar.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Youtube videos: “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvJvyFBcvD4, Interview with Betye Saar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhq9o0KEsr4
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