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The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center
Presents…
1
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Women’s History Month
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The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Hattie Walker WilhoiteRecognition Program:For APSU African American Women
Spring 2012
Women’s History Month
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Women’s History Month
3
Women's History Month highlights the historical and contemporary contributions which women have made, and are currently making,
to society. March has been designated as the month to
celebrate those contributions.
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the way for women
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Hattie Walker Wilhoite
4
1st African American woman to graduate
from APSU
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the way for women
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Dr. Jennifer Capeheart-Meningall
5
1st African American Vice President at
APSU
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the way for women
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Founder Bethune-Cookman College
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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Sojourner Truth
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Nationally known speaker on human rights for slaves and
women
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Novelist, folklorist and anthropologist
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the way for women
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Rosa Parks
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“Mother” of the Civil Rights Movement
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the way for women
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Shirley Chisholm
10
1st African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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Hattie McDaniel
11
1st African American woman to receive an Oscar Award
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the way for women
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Annie Turnbo Malone
12
1st African American woman millionaire
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the way for women
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Maxine Waters
13
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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the way for women
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Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
14
1st African American woman to receive a Medical Doctor
degree in the United States
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the way for women
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Patricia Roberts Harris
15
1st African American woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position
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the way for women
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Constance Baker Motley
16
1st African American woman to serve in the New York State
Senate
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the way for women
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Dorothy Dandridge
17
1st African American woman nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actress
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the way for women
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Mahalia Jackson
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Gospel Singer
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the way for women
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Alice Walker
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Author, poet and activist
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the way for women
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Toni Morrison
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1st African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature
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the way for women
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Aretha Franklin
21
The Queen of Soul
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the way for women
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
22
1st Woman elected Head of State in Africa
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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Ida B. Wells Barnett
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Educator, and Co-founder of National Association For the
Advancement of Colored People
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the way for women
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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Co-Founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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the way for women
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Biddy Mason
25
1st African American woman to own land in California
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the way for women
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Wilma Rudolph
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1st African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and
field in a single Olympic Games
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the way for women
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Susie King Taylor
27
1st African American woman to teach openly in a school for
former slaves in Georgia
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the way for women
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Dr. Susan McKinney Steward
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1st African American woman doctor in New York State
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the way for women
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Daisy Bates
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Civil rights activist and the guide, mentor and advisor for the Little
Rock Nine
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the way for women
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Gwendolyn Brooks
30
1st African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize
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the way for women
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Vanessa Williams
31
1st African American selected as Miss America
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the way for women
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Suzette Charles
32
2nd African American Miss America
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the way for women
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Carrie Saxon Perry
33
1st African American womanelected mayor of Hartford,
Connecticut
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the way for women
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Dr. Eliza Ann Grier
34
1st African American woman licensed to practice medicine in
the state of Georgia
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the way for women
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Rita Dove
35
1st African American woman to hold the title of Consultant in
Poetry to the Library of Congress
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the way for women
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Carol Moseley-Braun
36
1st African American woman Senator to serve for the state of
Illinois
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the way for women
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Teresa Deloach-Reed
37
1st African American woman to serve as the Fire Chief for the
Oakland, California Fire Department
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the way for women
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Rosalind G. Brewer
38
1st African American woman to lead a business unit of Wal-Mart
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the way for women
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Mary Edmonia Lewis
39
1st successful African American sculptor
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the way for women
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Maggie Lena Walker
40
1st African American woman in the United States to become president of St. Luke Penny
Savings Bank
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the way for women
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Dr. Regina Benjamin
41
1st African American woman, and the youngest person, to be elected to
the American Medical Association's board of trustees.
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the way for women
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Dr. Alexa Canady
42
1st African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States
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the way for women
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Jane Bolin
43
1st African American woman to become a judge in the United States. She was also the first African American woman
to receive a law degree from Yale University.
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the way for women
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Barbara Brandon
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The only African American woman cartoonist to be nationally
syndicated. Brandon’s syndicated comics were called "Where I'm
Coming From"
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the way for women
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Lorraine Hansberry
45
1st African American woman to write a Broadway play
(“A Raisin In The Sun”)
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the way for women
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Althea Gibson
46
1st African American woman to win the U.S. Tennis Association
Championship (1957) and the Wimbledon singles title (1957).
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the way for women
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Hazel Johnson
47
1st African American woman General; was appointed Brigadier
General in the U.S. Army Sept. 1, 1979.
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the way for women
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Leontine T. C. Kelly
48
1st African American woman Bishop of a major U.S. denomination (United
Methodist Church)
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the way for women
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APSU Student Leader Honorees 2011
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APSU Staff Honorees 2011
50
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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APSU Women
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