Women's Black History!

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  1. 4. An African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher. She documented the fight for desegregation in Arkansas.
  2. 6. A writer, poet, and activist known for pieces that expressed her frustration with the issues surrounding civil rights and feminism
  3. 7. The wife of the first black President
  4. 8. The first Black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in the US
  5. 11. The first African American women to earn a college degree
  6. 12. American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
  7. 14. An African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades
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  1. 1. An American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  2. 2. The first African American to win a Wimbledon title. She was also the first African American
  3. 3. The first Wwe black woman to main event WrestleMania
  4. 5. An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire
  5. 9. An American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry
  6. 10. went to jail for sitting at the back of the bus
  7. 13. The Woman who helped the under ground railroad