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
Vashti Murphy Mackenzie, first female bishop of the African American Episcopal Church, is Day 15 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneer woman below.
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/mckenzie-vashti-murphy-1947
History Makers: http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/bishop-vashti-mckenzie-23
Books written by Vashti Murphy Mackenzie: Not Without a Struggle, Strength in the Struggle, Journey to the Well, Swapping Housewives, Not Without a Struggle Revised and Those Sisters Can Preach.
Tenth District: http://www.10thdistrictame.org/bishop.html
Washington National Cathedral: http://www.cathedral.org/staff/PE-46ER5-V0000I.shtml
Youtube videos: Smith Chapel AME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0SPZGEQwpk, Michigan State University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3vwzk0JlZA
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:
Biography: 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
Vocalist Nancy Wilson is Day 12 Woman of the day. Read about this multitalented woman below.
Biography: 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
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, an African American vocalist, debuts in Metropolitan Hall in 1853. Angered that African Americans are denied admission, she performs in a separate concert at the Broadway Tabernacle for five African American congregations. Read about this pioneering woman here:
More information about this fascinating woman:
Buffalo Newspapers: http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/lm/196/
Encyclopedia Brittanica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245205/Elizabeth-Taylor-Greenfield
Black Past: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/greenfield-elizabeth-taylor-1819-1876
The Black Swan: https://archive.org/details/blackswanathomea00phil
March 30 Woman of the Day is Naomi Sims, who was also born on this day. Naomi Sims was a model, entrepreneur and pioneer. Read her fascinating story here:
Black America Web: http://blackamericaweb.com/2013/10/22/little-known-black-history-fact-naomi-sims-supermodel/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111572300
Marva Collins is March 29 Woman of the Day. As an educator, she established her own school, the Westside Preparatory in Chicago. Read about this pioneer and education activist here:
More resources on Marva Collins:
National Endowment for the Humanities: http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/marva-collins
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14178874
Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0909/090928.html/%28page%29/2
C-Span: http://www.c-span.org/person/?marvacollins
The Marva Collins Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjotCrGAOY
Book by Marva Collins: Marva Collins’ Way (1990)
For March 28, I selected a woman who was a pioneer in the field of librarianship. Clara Stanton Jones, was the first African American woman to become a director of an urban public library system. Read about this pioneering woman here:
More information about Ms. Jones are listed below:
Library Journal Backtalk: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/12/opinion/backtalk/remembering-clara-stanton-jones-backtalk/
Little Known Black Librarian Facts: http://littleknownblacklibrarianfacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/clara-stanton-jones-alas-first-african.html
Obituary: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/insidebayarea/obituary.aspx?pid=160309744
Detroit Public Library: http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/story/mourning-loss-clara-stanton-jones
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