Trailblazers : Black women who helped make America great /

Trailblazers : Black women who helped make America great /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	David, Gabrielle, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, New York : 2Leaf Press, [2021] ©2021
Description:	xxxix, 683 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	American firsts/American icons ; 1 American firsts/American icons, Activism, dance, sports ; 1.
Subject:	African American women -- Biography. African American women -- Political activity. African American women dancers -- Biography. African American women athletes -- Biography. African American women. African American women athletes. African American women dancers. African American women -- Political activity. Biography Biographies. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13153812

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Varying Form of Title:	Black women who helped make America great
Other authors / contributors:	Feng, Carolina Fung, editor. Waring, Chandra, D. L., writer of introduction. LeFlore, Lyah Beth, writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9781940939797 1940939798
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-637) and index.
Summary:	The past four hundred years have seen unprecedented growth in virtually every conceivable realm of life, from medicine to the arts, technology to finance. Far too often, however, when we think of the movers, shakers, and innovators behind these transformations, we picture a host of men - and white men, at that. With Trailblazers, Gabrielle David remedies that. The first anthology of black female innovators published in more than fifteen years, Trailblazers introduces us to more than one hundred and fifty American black women who have been instrumental in creating our contemporary life. We learn about activists and politicians like Fannie Lou Hamer, who in 1964 changed the Democratic National Convention forever by protesting efforts to disenfranchise black voters in her native Mississippi, and Lelia Foley, a black woman who overcame racism and poverty to become the first female African American mayor in the United States in 1973. David also introduces us to entertainers, athletes, and businesswomen - though not always in predictable ways. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter makes an appearance, for example, not for her musical career, but as a businesswoman, reminding us of her multifaceted triumphs. David brings this volume together with a clarion call for recognition of the transformative work black women have done and continue to do. She reminds us of the debt we owe to these unsung heroes--and the place black women deserve at the table.

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Call Number:	HQ1163.D38 2021
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