Today I feature these strong women because they are Black. They are more than Strong Black Women. They are inspirations.
Category: Heroes and Heroines
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows about men and women who inspire through acts of courage, generosity, and/or selflessness.
She Saved the Moon Landing
It’s July 20, 1969. U.S. astronauts in the lunar module near the surface of the moon. Alarms blare. Should they abort? No, she saved the moon landing.
You Give Me Hope
The very first time I posted on this blog, I wrote that I believe in everyday heroes. I stand by that post. But it needs to be expanded. Because I believe in a world where all people are equal, where leaders work for the greater good, and where all people are kind and care for…… Continue reading You Give Me Hope
Score Your Reading Super Powers
Readers have special talents even super powers. Score your reading super powers with this fun quiz.
Wife, Mother, Patriot, and Revolutionary War Spy
She was a wife, mother, patriot, and Revolutionary War spy. The only female in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring (aka Setauket Spy Ring), Anna Smith Strong, had an ingenious way to send messages under the noses of the British… her laundry. The British Take New York City The American Revolutionary War had been raging for…… Continue reading Wife, Mother, Patriot, and Revolutionary War Spy