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Know your Black history heroes! The first Black woman to serve in Congress in 1968, Chisholm (nicknamed "Fighting Shirley") was also the first Black person and the first woman to run for U.S ...
In 1926, Black historian Carter G. Woodson set out to designate a week in February for the celebration, education, and commemoration of African American history. A child born that year would be 98 ...
Beyoncé. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Beyoncé continues to be a trailblazer as she became the first Black woman to have a No. 1 hit country song. Billboard revealed on Tuesday, February ...
Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president. [2]
Sisa Journal identified Blackpink's global influence as a standout even among the other greatest girl groups in K-pop history, such as Girls' Generation, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, and Twice, and expressed that just as the symbol of girl groups for pop music fans around the world was the Spice Girls in the mid-1990s, "the representative image of today ...
For example, Black women have often been labeled as difficult to get along with, which has positioned them in a constant state of comparison and competition, particularly in the eyes of the audience. [1] Despite their significant contributions to American music and culture, the history of Black women in music is often forgotten or erased.
Mary Jane Patterson (September 12, 1844 – September 24, 1894) was an American educator born to a previously enslaved mother and a freeborn father. [1] She is notable because she is claimed to be the first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree.
The Vienna Philharmonic did not accept women to permanent membership until 1997, far later than comparable orchestras (of the other orchestras ranked among the world's top five by Gramophone in 2008, [131] the last to appoint a woman to a permanent position was the Berlin Philharmonic.) [132] As late as February 1996, first flautist Dieter ...