Today I feature these strong women because they are Black. They are more than Strong Black Women. They are inspirations.
Category: Strong Women
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.
Black Women You Should Know
History often ignored women, particularly black women. Black women are making and have made history. Here are 41 black women you should know.
She Was Convicted Because the Sex Side of Life Was Judged Obscene
Women’s lack of basic civil rights deeply affect Mary Coffin Ware Dennett’s life. She was convicted because the sex side of life was judged obscene.
The Second Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Fifty-two years after Marie Curie, society believed women were unsuited for academic or scientific work. Maria Goeppert Mayer pursued her interests, anyway. And she became the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Early Life Friedrich Goppert, and his wife Maria, lived in Kattowitz (now Katowice, Poland). Their only child, Maria Goeppert Mayer,… Continue reading The Second Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics