Connecting Women’s History and Reading Month

Anytime of the year is a good time to honor people of color and their achievements. With March designated as both Women’s History and Reading months, I decided to select a book that definitely honors both. Tonya Bolden’s Changing the Equation 50th US Black Women in STEM is an excellent read and a great introduction to African American pioneers in the STEM professions. From Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first woman to earn her MD in 1864, to contemporaries like Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code, the women included in this book have paved the way for more young women to claim a spot in the STEM profession. Award-winning Tonya Bolden is a both a thorough researcher, using primary and secondary sources. and a skilled storyteller, writing these women biographies in a concise, warm, and easy to read style.

This is How We Move From Black History Month to Women’s History Month — CrazyQuiltEdi

Bridge February and March — Black History and Women’s History– by reading the Black women who write Black stories. These women imagine, document, speculate and create. Some, like Janet McDonald are an important part of the history while many like Leah Johnson, and Kaylynn Bayron are just getting started. A complete list of names is […]

This is How We Move From Black History Month to Women’s History Month — CrazyQuiltEdi

Day 31 Woman of the Day: Fannie M. Richards

Fannie M. Richards, the first African American teacher who taught in Detroit, is Day 31 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this pioneer woman below:

Library Point: http://www.librarypoint.org/fannie_Richards

Story of Fannie Richards: http://archive.org/stream/jstor-2713513/2713513_djvu.txt

Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame: hall.michiganwomen.org/honoree.php?C=220&A..

Detroit African American History Project: http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.php?id=21

Research Article on Richards and Teaching: http://teqjournal.org/Back%20Issues/Volume%2035/VOL35%20PDFS/35_3/06florioruane&williams-35_3.pdf

Day 30 Woman of the Day: Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney, award winning author and publishing executive, is Day 30 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this multitalented woman below.

Website: http://andreadavispinkney.com/

Voices From the Gap: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/pinkneyAndrea.php

Library of Congress National Book Festival: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6032

2014 Arbuthnot Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5y1RTGEZQ

Books by Andrea Davis Pinkney: http://www.bing.com/search?q=Books+by+Andrea+Davis+Pinkney&FORM=QSRE6

Day 29 Woman of the Day: Lois Mailou Jones

Lois Mailou Jones, an artist, is Day 29 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this multitalented woman below.

Website: http://www.loismailoujones.com/

Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/lois-mailou-jones-38701

Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jones-lois-mailou-1905-1998

Smithsonian: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=5658

Youtube videos: Good Morning America Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6aLZ222hKs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSp5A2wyxk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn7cJq_obw

Day 28 Woman of the Day: Lynette Woodard

Lynette Woodard, first female player for the Harlem Globetrotters, is Day 28 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this pioneer woman below:

Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/lynette-woodard-533268

Harlem Globetrotters: http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/harlem-globetrotter-legend/lynette-woodard

WNBA: http://www.wnba.com/features/tiog_woodard_2005.html

New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/sports/basketball/12wnba.html?_r=0

Youtube video: Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiMkYvWgXw

Day 27 Woman of the Day: Barbara Chase Riboud

Sculptor, Author, Poet Barbara Chase Riboud is Day 27 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this multitalented woman below:

Website: http://chaseriboud.free.fr/

Annenberg Learner: http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop6/authors4.html

University of Minnesota Voices From the Gap: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/chaseRibaud.php

Malcolm X Sculptures: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/05/barbara-chase-riboud-malcolm-x-sculptures/3447585/, http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/763.html, http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/chaseriboud Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiXTn1UfM9U

Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyioJJIl4Hg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcxsOnZysoU,

Books by Barbara Chase-Riboud: Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Chase-Riboud/e/B000APAAZU,

Day 26 Woman of the Day: Cynthia Cooper

Cynthia Cooper, athlete and basketball player, is Day 26 Woman of the Day.  Read more about this pioneer woman below.

Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/cynthia-cooper-40885

WNBA: http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/cynthia_cooper/index.html

ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/inthegame/article/9487912/curls-whirls-espnw

Youtube videos: Hall of Fame Enshrinement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2Zg3jYc9Y, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwPiw_YfAI,

Day 25 Woman of the Day: Minnie Riperton

Minnie Riperton, the multi octave vocalist, is Day 25 Woman of the Day. Read more about this talented performer below.

Allmusic.com: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/minnie-riperton-mn0000500889

NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/07/11/330781619/35-years-after-minnie-ripertons-death-new-fans-still-find-her

Youtube videos: “Loving You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg,  “Inside My Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVniMFJYY1o, “Back Down Memory Lane” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7MaFE-uRQ

Day 24 Woman of the Day: Sheryl Swoopes

Day 24 Woman of the Day is Sheryl Swoopes, former WNBA basketball player, and now coach.  Read more about this pioneer woman below.

Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/sheryl-swoopes-9542142#synopsis

WNBA: http://www.wnba.com/news/sheryl_swoopes_head_coach_2013_12_16.html

ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espnw/w-in-action/nine-for-ix/article/9514311/espnw-nine-ix-sheryl-swoopes-being-herself

Youtube videos: documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caTqYn8cU4, on coaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1m3TZp5RgA