Friday, March 7, 2025

First Woman Vice President!

Kamala Harris was the 1st American Woman Vice President! So many were amazed at the Glass Ceiling she broke! There was glass everywhere!

This Day In History

Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet became the first woman to serve as the country's president as she was sworn into office.

March 11, 2006

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-11

The cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered; created by Joss Whedon, the show centred on Buffy Summers, “an alternative feminist icon” who battles vampires, demons, and other assorted supernatural forces of evil.

March 10, 1997

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-10

This Day In History

Barbie, a toy doll that became an international sensation despite criticism, was introduced by Mattel, Inc.

March 9, 1959

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-9

International Women's Day

Nice history overview: https://www.britannica.com/topic/International-Womens-Day

This Day In History

British throne ascended by Anne

On this day in 1702, Anne became the last Stuart monarch of Great Britain, having earlier acquiesced to the Act of Settlement of 1701, which designated as her successors the Hanoverian descendants of King James I.

March 8, 1702

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-8

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Hidden Figures

This is an AMAZING movie about the 3 extraordinary women who helped NASA get John Glenn to space only using their minds to perform complicated mathematical equations! Watch if you have not!

My favorite scene!

This Day In History

American director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008).

March 7, 2010

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-7#:~:text=This%20Day%20in%20History%3A%20March%207&text=On%20this%20day%20in%201965,the%20state%20capitol%20in%20Montgomery.

This Day In History

March 6

As the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, learn more about Jean Blackwell Hutson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from 1948 to 1980. As chief, Hutson carried the vision of Schomburg Center namesake Arturo Schomburg and rose to the occasion to future-proof and financially support the Schomburg Center. Check out this episode of Live From the Reading Room, we focus on the early life and career of Mrs. Hutson with Sharon Fitzgerald.

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

This Day In History

March 5

Celebrate the undersung legacies of women in classical and jazz music - catch the opening performance of Somi at the Schomburg Center's Women's Jazz Festival or listen to Juliana Soltis and Emile Blondel perform music by American women composers at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

Monday, March 3, 2025

Make History!

This Day In History

March 4, 1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

Saturday, March 1, 2025

We Can Do It!!!

The below poster is Rosie the Riveter from WW2 is encouraging Women they CAN work a man's job! Most working men fought in WW2 - America needed women to work their jobs!

This Day In History

March 3, 1913 – Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, where over 8000 women gathered to demand a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

This Day In History

March 2, 1903 – the Martha Washington Hotel opens in New York City, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

This Day In History

March 1, 1987 – Congress passes a resolution designating March as Women’s History Month

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

March is Women's History Month!!!!

Great article from history.com about Women's History - Please READ!!!!

Women's History Month Article!

Friday, February 28, 2025

Average iBlack Girl...

Powerful Spoken Word!!! Please watch!!!

This Day In History

This Day in Black History: Feb. 27, 1897

Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, is born on Feb. 27, 1897.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/dbtuer/this-day-in-black-history-feb-27-1897

Monday, February 24, 2025

This Day In History

This Day in Black History: Feb. 26, 1966

Andrew Brimmer became first Black governor of the Federal Reserve on Feb. 26, 1966.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/gucbko/this-day-in-black-history-feb-26-1966

This Day In History

This Day in Black History: Feb. 25, 1870

Hiram Rhodes Revels took oath as the first African-American to serve in the senate on Feb. 25, 1870.

Taken fromhttps://www.bet.com/article/7ki3uc/this-day-in-black-history-feb-25-1870:

One success of Reconstruction - Black Men were being elected to Congress!

Friday, February 21, 2025

Booker T and WEB

At the end of the 19th Century 2 men emerged to help define who African Americans are, and how do advance the African American Race. Only Black men could do this, and everyone took a side. The poem below was written by Dudley Randall in 1965 who lived in the South as a Civil Rights Activist poet. He wanted to remind those fighting that the fight has been fought before. I truly believe you can see the difference between the two men in the poem.