Black and Women's History Month

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  1. 4. She aided the French Resistance during World War II
  2. 5. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School (New Orleans)
  3. 7. She wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  4. 9. She was was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising (1969)
  5. 11. She is the first female self-made millionaire and a social activist
  6. 12. She was a NASA employee whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights
  7. 14. She was the first African-American woman to travel into space (1992)
  8. 15. She was an educator, philanthropist, and civil rights activist
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  1. 1. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet"
  2. 2. She was an African-American and Native American civil aviator
  3. 3. She was the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the US (1972)
  4. 6. She was an abolitionist and political activist who led more than 300 enslaved people to freedom
  5. 8. She was one of the catalysts of the civil rights movement (Montgomery, Alabama)
  6. 10. She was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time
  7. 13. She used the lower-case spelling of her name to decenter herself and draw attention to her work