Jone's Women's History Blog February 2007 Archive

Alice Dunbar-Nelson was an African American woman writer at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. She was part of the literary and cultural movement ... Read More

Maggie Lena Walker, the first woman bank president in the United States, was the daughter of an ex-slave. Walker founded the bank as an outgrowth of a Richmond, ... Read More

Toni Morrison was the first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. In her novels, Toni Morrison focuses on the experience of black Americans, particularly emphasizing ... Read More

No, not the movie African Queen ... but two real women who led their people in military campaigns in the 16th and 17th centuries: Amina (1533-1600), queen of Zazzua, a Hausa ... Read More

Edmonia Lewis was a sculptor who worked first in Boston and then in Rome. She was of African American and Native American heritage, and her concern for human rights ... Read More

More than 100 years ago, Dr. Daniel Wallace Culp published a book of articles on various issues facing African Americans of the day, with 100 writers represented. Some of the ... Read More

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, bringing together an "organization of organizations," and continues today. Bethune was president from 1935 ... Read More

In 1912, The Crisis, a leading publication of the Harlem Renaissance, published an article by W.E.B. duBois that exposed the failure of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to condemn ... Read More

In 2005, a volunteer happened on a file among 350 file cabinets of material -- that particular file containing correspondence with Anne Frank's family. These letters bring to vivid ... Read More

Two black women were pioneers in their service in the U.S. Congress: Shirley Chisholm was elected in 1968, winning a seat from Brooklyn, and was the first black woman ... Read More

The first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi state bar, Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund and an advocate of social reform. ... Read More

Many years ago, I was able to see Pearl Bailey on stage in the title role of Hello, Dolly! As an entertainer, she had a unique style. Less ... Read More

Courtesy Harvard University, 2007 Today, Harvard University announced that Drew Gilpin Faust, dean of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will become the first woman president of Harvard University. As an ... Read More

Learn more about the woman known as the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks Biography Rosa Parks Quotes African American Women 1950-1999

Read about the life of Phillis Wheatley -- kidnapped and sold into slavery, she was educated and became a noted poet in her own day. But was the fame fleeting? ... Read More

Josephine Baker became one of the best-known entertainers in both France and much of Europe. Her exotic, sensual act reinforced the creative images coming out of the Harlem Renaissance in ... Read More

Dignity and beauty are the two words that come first to my mind when I think of the writings of Maya Angelou, African American autobiographer and poet. Many came to ... Read More

Welcome to Black History Month! On this site, you'll find many resources about the distaff side of black history. About African American Women - an ever-expanding list of resources for ... Read More