Gaskin: Hub history education must include Black women
Through their collective achievements, these extraordinary women created lasting foundations for social justice, equality, ...
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The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...
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Meet Janina B. Simmons, who is set to make history as first female Ranger-qualified Sergeant Major in the Army
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SA Congratulates Only African and Female Student to Graduate UCT’s 2024 BBusSci – Compsci Class
A young South African student amazed Mzansi when she announced that she was the only black and female scholar to graduate her ...
Center 1968 is on a mission to train and elect more Black women in politics and policy
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What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI removal of Emily Perez footage, photos
In March 2025, a number of social media posts claimed a video of the first Black female American officer to die in combat had ...
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League of Women for Community Service looks to the next 100 years of helping Black Bostonians
The League of Women for Community Service is a Black women’s service organization operating throughout the city to provide ...
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First black student to graduate from GHS in 1965 honored with mural
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The woman responsible for integrating Gainesville High School now has a mural in her honor. LaVon ...
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Women Lead The Way: Black women shape academia
which serves as a guide for Black women aspiring to the academy or trying to navigate it. “Go where you’re loved,” she said. “Students get to see through me all of the places where I am welcomed.” ...
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Grandson of trailblazing female doctor, 87, allegedly confesses to killing her
The grandson of a trailblazing Black female doctor who once taught at Howard University has allegedly confessed to killing ...
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The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
It was a brief mention, almost an afterthought, but what it marked was monumental: Crumpler had just become the first Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. Yet for decades ...