All Articles Tagged "women’s history month"

Strike A Pose! Monumental Magazine Cover Firsts For Black Women

March 1st, 2013 - By Brande Victorian
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In honor of Women’s History Month this March, we’re counting down monumental magazine cover firsts for African American women.

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Though it was just a sketch, in January 1965, Donyale Luna became the first black woman to cover Harper’s Bazaar.

8 Black Women Who Taught Us Black Is Beautiful

March 28th, 2012 - By MN Editor
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From StyleBlazer.com

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It’s been a long uphill climb for women and an especially burdensome one for black women.  The beaten that we’ve often taken blazing our own trails has left our self-esteem and self-images quite battered and bruised.  Which is why we have celebrated,  and continue to celebrate, those famous black female figures that we do so fiercely.  They taught their generations, and all those that followed, that black was, and always will be, beautiful.

So in honor of National Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating eight great black women in movies, music, modeling, and social movements,  who taught us to love ourselves through their own strength, beauty, and undeniably fabulous styles.

For the full story, visit StyleBlazer.com.

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Womens History Month News: Black Women Did What?

March 3rd, 2012 - By MN Editor
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March is Women’s History Month, so in celebration of such a significant holiday we are highlighting some of the little known facts about prominent Black women and what they meant to mankind.

Learn the contributions of Josephine Baker, Pear Bailey, Coretta Scott King, Billie Holiday and more

Find out here….

 

Lessons We Can Learn From Black Women, Past and Present

February 23rd, 2011 - By nativenotes
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In honor of Black History Month, and in preparation of March which is Women’s History Month, I would like to celebrate black women who have inspired me and continue to inspire me to love and do the work of our communities. Women, though probably the hardest workers of any movement, often hear their story told the least. This doesn’t surprise me, we live in a male dominated society. Nevertheless I have chosen to share briefly with you 13 remarkable women who have influenced my life and continue to influence the lives of many all over the world.

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