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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