Kamala D. Harris is the first Black and Indian American woman to be elected Vice President of the United States Vice President of the United States of America. As a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator in 2016. The White House-Kamala Harris
Biography, History, Facts--Links
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kamala-Harris
https://ballotpedia.org/Kamala_Harris
Kamala Harris (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Kamala Harris (National Women's History Museum)
Kamala Harris Sworn In As Vice President (NPR)
Kamala Harris Becomes First Female, First Black and First Asian-American VP (BBC)
Kamala Devi Harris (US Congress)
Kamala Devi Harris (US House of Representatives)
8 Things to Know About VP Kamala Harris's Husband, Douglas Emhoff (Oprah)
Kamala Harris (Biography)
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993. Ruth was the second female justice, after Sandra Day O’Connor, in the history of the Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020. ~Supreme Court of the United States
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https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographyginsburg.aspx
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fast Facts (CNN News)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Academy of Achievement)
Writings by Justice Ginsburg (Cornell University - Legal Law Institute)
Arguments Before the Supreme Court by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Washington and Lee University of Law Library)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorable Quotes Throughout Her Life (Insider)
The Irony of Modern Feminism 's Obsession with Ruth Bader Gingsberg (The Atlantic)
A Closer Look at the Women Who Have Served on the Supreme Court (KSAT - San Antonio)
Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court)
Tributes in honor of Justice Ginsburg.
Tribute from the National Archives' Pieces of History Blog
Statements from the Supreme Court Regarding the Death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Press Release with statements from her fellow Justices.
Proclamation on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Proclamation issued by the White House.
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By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation laws. Led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year—during which Parks not coincidentally lost her job—and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Over the next half-century, Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end entrenched racial segregation. https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks
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Rosa Parks - America's Library - Library of Congress
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African American activist Rosa Parks has been called "The Mother of the Freedom Movement" and "The First Lady of Civil Rights."
"Tired of giving in" - Scholastic News/Weekly Reader Edition 2
Born into slavery in 1797, Isabella Baumfree, who later changed her name to Sojourner Truth, would become one of the most powerful advocates for human rights in the nineteenth century. By 1828, Truth had settled in New York City and became a preacher. She started speaking out about her experience as an enslaved person and advocating for abolitionism and feminism, while quickly gaining a reputation as a powerful speaker. Excerpts from Biography.com
Sojourner Truth: Online Resources (LOC)
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https://www.biography.com/news/sojourner-truth-aint-i-a-woman-speech
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sojourner-truth
https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/sojourner-truth/bibliography/
Katherine Johnson, Research mathematician, Space scientist, Astrophysicist
She won the National Technical Association's Mathematician of the Year award and three of NASA's own Special Achievement Awards. With her 33-year career at NASA Katherine Johnson opened doors for all women in science and mathematics. She is quoted as saying "Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering and technology,"
This excerpt is from "Katherine Johnson Was a STEM Trendsetter Before There Was STEM" from Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 2015
Katherine died February 24, 2020
Katherine Johnson: NASA Biography
Katherine Johnson: The Girl Who Loved to Count
She Was a Computer When Computers Wore Skirts
Women Rights Advocate -- A self-educated woman, Adams held strong political beliefs. She was well- respected and her opinions were influential in government affairs before, during, and after her husband's term as president.
Author/Poet -- Angelou was a novelist, poet, professional stage and screen writer, dancer, editor, lecturer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. In 1993, Angelou recited an original poem at President Clinton's inauguration, confirming her status as "a people's poet."
Women's Rights Activist, Suffragist -- Susan B. Anthony began her lifelong campaign for women's suffrage when she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1852. Together they organized the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. When committed people work for justice, she said, "Failure is Impossible." The Nineteenth Amendment, passed in 1920, has been called the "Anthony Amendment" in tribute to the tireless work of this great crusader.
Educator, Presidential Advisor -- In 1904, Bethune opened a school for black girls in Daytona Beach that became Bethune-Cookman College in 1929. From 1936 to 1944, Bethune served as advisor to President Roosevelt on minority affairs. She was vice-president of NAACP from 1940 to 1955.
Pioneering Aviator -- In 1932, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She also has the distinction of being the first person, male or female, to fly solo non-stop from Hawaii to California, and the first to fly solo round-trip from the U.S. to Mexico.
Fremont was a writer and political activist. She was considered the brains behind her husband, John C. Fremont, and his famous exploration westward. She turned his notes into readable books and made connections in Washington, D.C., that eventually made him famous.
Higgins was a reporter and war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She advanced the cause of equal opportunity for female war correspondents and was the first woman awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence in 1951.
A computer scientist and Navy rear admiral, Hopper played an integral role in creating programs for some of the world’s first computers.
Howe was a poet and author, her most famous work being “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” She was also a social activist for women’s suffrage.
Jacobs, a writer, escaped slavery and later was freed. She published a novel, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” credited as the first to highlight the struggles of rape and sexual abuse within slavery.
Jordan was a lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights movement leader. She was the first southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first African-American woman to give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
Advocate for Disadvantaged -- Despite being deaf, blind, and unable to speak, Keller became an active writer and international public speaker. Her books and lectures advocating rights for disabled people helped the public recognize the potentials of people with physical limitations.
Photographer -- Lange photographed bread lines in the depression years, living conditions of migrant workers in California in the 1930s, and documented the treatment of Japanese-Americans in WWII in the crowded internment camps. Her powerful photographic images brought public attention to inhumane conditions.
Anthropologist, Author -- Mead received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1929 after studying families in Samoa, New Guinea and other cultures, and concluding there is no "natural" assignment of gender roles. She also investigated many western cultures and wrote books about the changing roles of women and men.
Humanitarian -- During her husband's presidential administration, Eleanor Roosevelt used her position as First Lady to promote reforms that helped women, minorities, and the poor. In 1948, as a delegate to the United Nations, she worked brilliantly to win passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Women's Rights Activist -- Known as both an eloquent speaker and a forceful writer, Stanton spearheaded the movement for equal rights for women in the United States. She formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 and served as its president for 21 years.
Women's Rights Activist/Writer -- Steinem is a feminist activist, writer, lecturer, and editor. Her activism was inspired by time spent in India, where she witnessed both the oppression of women and the power of non-violent protest. She co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972, and since then her writing and organizing have made her an iconic but down-to-earth figure in the women’s movement.
Abolitionist, Suffragist -- Sojourner Truth was freed when New York abolished slavery in 1828. Already a forceful speaker for abolition, she attended a Women's Rights Convention in 1850 and became a strong voice for women’s rights and suffrage with her famous speech in Ohio in 1852, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Fugitive Slave, Rescuer of Slaves -- Tubman was born into slavery and fled to Philadelphia in 1849 but returned to Maryland the next year. It was then that she began the first of many Underground Railroad trips to lead family and friends to freedom using caution, skill, and subterfuge. During the Civil War, Tubman was a spy and scout for the Union. In 1896, she spoke at the convention of the American National Woman Suffrage Association convention.
Advocate/Business Woman/Entertainer -- Winfrey, a businesswoman who rose to fame with her own top-rated talk show and movie production company, has become one of the most affluent and powerful women in America. Deemed the undisputed "Queen of Talk" since the mid-1980s, she is the first black woman to host a nationally syndicated weekday talk show and was worth over $1 billion by 2003.