African American History and Women

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Women and African American History: 1940-1949

1940

• (June 23) Wilma Rudolph born

1941

1942

1943

• (July 8) Faye Wattleton born (nurse, head of Planned Parenthood Federation)

1944

• (January 26) Angela Davis born (activist, philosopher)

• (February 9) Alice Walker born (writer, Pulitzer Prize winner)

1945

1946

• Mahalia Jackson recorded "Move On Up a Little Higher" which sold more than 8 million copies

1947

• (August 16) Carol Mosely-Braun born (politician, lawyer)

1948

• Mollie Moon formed first Urban League Guild

1949

• Evelyn Boyd Granville and Marjorie Lee Browne became the first two African American women to earn doctorates in mathematics

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[Biographies of Notable African American Women]

Events in this timeline include:

• events featuring African American women
• birth and death dates for many notable African American women
• general African American events which had significant impact on African American women and families as well as men
• events involving key women whose work influenced African American history, for instance the involvement of many European American women in anti-slavery work
• birth and death dates for key women whose work was important in African American history, for instance in anti-slavery or civil rights work