100 Black Women Who Shaped America - Their Legacy

This introductory text explores the lives of 100 Black women and their unique and meaningful legacies upon the history, society, and culture of the USA . Today, the names and remarkable achievements of Black women such as Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey are well known to many Americans. Yet throughout American history, many lesser-known Black women like them have made invaluable contributions to sports, science, the arts, medicine, politics, and civil rights. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who published the first newspaper written for and by African American women, championed the cause of women''s suffrage. Matilda Sissieretta Jones, whose father was an enslaved person, toured Europe and performed at the White House in front of four different presidents as one of the great sopranos of her generation. Augusta Savage, overcoming racism and sexism, became one of the most celebrated sculptors in history. This book serves as an important reminder that the story of America cannot be told without the Black women who, with strength and determination, have always pushed America forward even when others held them back.>

About the author

Glenn L. Starks, PhD, holds a doctorate in public policy and administration from Virginia Commonwealth University's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. He has almost 30 years of experience working for the U.S. government and has written extensively on public administration and American politics.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn L Starks, Glenn L. Starks
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781440881084
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-8108-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 258 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Reference, Reference works, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people