It’s an election year, so what better time to remember the journey toward women’s right to vote in America? This slideshow hits the highlights and marjor figures with some great facts and a peppy sountrack.
Do you choose to vote? Why or why not?
I’ll go first. I believe strongly in equality of the sexes, just as […]
All through February, Bridget and I highlighted African-American women past and present who we see as leaders in business, economics, politics, or society at large.
Here they are just in case you missed any:
Madam C.J. Walker, First Black Woman Millionaire
Sojourner Truth, Champion for Abolition and Women’s Rights
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Carol Moseley Braun, First Black Woman Senator
Rita […]
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TONI MORRISON was born in 1931 as Chloe Anthony Wofford, but was known as “Toni” during college, short for her middle name. She holds a BA from Howard University and a master’s degree from Cornell. Morrison started writing fiction during her years as a Howard […]
MARIAN ANDERSON was born in 1897 in Philadelphia. She began her professional singing career while still in high school as a way to earn money to help support her family. Prior to that, Anderson was a member of her church choir from the age of 6, and a self-taught pianist (her parents bought a piano […]
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Rosa Parks, dubbed the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a White man. The story has been told many times over and over until to some, it may have become […]
RITA DOVE became the first black US poet laureate, and the youngest to boot, in 1993, and served as a poetry consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995. She was also the second African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry, awarded in 1987. (The first was Gwendolyn Brooks, who […]
CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN was the first, and so far the only, African American woman elected to a seat in the US Senate, and the only woman to date elected from the state of Illinois. Braun represented Illinois in the Senate from 1993-1999 after serving in the Illinois House of Representatives as assistant majority leader in […]
An interview by Kotecki-Vest, an editor with BlogHer. Listen to Congresswoman Maxine Waters as she gives her views on the subject of Super Tuesday.
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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and […]
“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations…I have built my own factory on my own ground.”
Madam C.J. […]
Women have been making waves in business and economics for decades. Biz Chicks Rule is all about celebrating and supporting that success. Look for advice, resources, reviews, and humor -- dedicated to helping women succeed in the business world.
Written by Kristen King [email], and Bridget Wright [email] for b5media.
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