Women’s History Profiles By Brianna Rae Ntozake Shange Best known for her award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange is a Black feminist playwright, poet, and novelist. Born Paulette L. Williams on October 18, 1948, Shange was born in Trenton, New Jersey into a family […]
Women’s History Profiles: Influential Women Artists
by Brianna Rae Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold, world-famous painter, writer, sculptor, and performance artist, was born Faith Willi Jones on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City. Her mother a fashion designer and her father a great storyteller, Ringgold was surrounded by the arts from an early age. She was also born into the […]
Hazel Scott and Abbey Lincoln, Pioneers in Jazz, Entertainment, & Racial Justice
Women’s History Month Kick-Off by Brianna Rae Beginning as International Women’s Day in 1911 and eventually becoming Women’s History Week by 1982, the designation of March as Women’s History Month became nationally recognized in 1987. Since then, it has continued its legacy of bringing the focus on women’s immense contributions to culture and society from […]
A Celebration of Women’s History Month
By Brianna Rae March 27, 2015 Beginning as International Women’s Day in 1911 and eventually becoming Women’s History Week by 1982, the designation of March as Women’s History Month became nationally recognized in 1987. Since then, it has continued its legacy of bringing the focus on women’s immense contributions to culture and society […]