the wilbur n. daniel african american cultural center presents… 1 the road not taken, paving the...
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The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center
Presents…
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The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Women’s History Month
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Hattie Walker WilhoiteRecognition Program:For APSU African American Women
Spring 2012
Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month
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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.
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Hattie Walker Wilhoite
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1st African American woman to graduate
from APSU
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the way for women
Dr. Jennifer Capeheart-Meningall
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1st African American Vice President at
APSU
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the way for women
Mary McLeod Bethune
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Founder Bethune-Cookman College
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the way for women
Sojourner Truth
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Nationally known speaker on human rights for slaves and
women
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the way for women
Zora Neale Hurston
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Novelist, folklorist and anthropologist
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the way for women
Rosa Parks
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“Mother” of the Civil Rights Movement
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the way for women
Shirley Chisholm
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1st African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Hattie McDaniel
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1st African American woman to receive an Oscar Award
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Annie Turnbo Malone
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1st African American woman millionaire
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the way for women
Maxine Waters
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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the way for women
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
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1st African American woman to receive a Medical Doctor
degree in the United States
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Patricia Roberts Harris
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1st African American woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Constance Baker Motley
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1st African American woman to serve in the New York State
Senate
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Dorothy Dandridge
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1st African American woman nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actress
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Mahalia Jackson
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Gospel Singer
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the way for women
Alice Walker
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Author, poet and activist
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the way for women
Toni Morrison
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1st African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature
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the way for women
Aretha Franklin
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The Queen of Soul
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the way for women
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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1st Woman elected Head of State in Africa
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the way for women
Ida B. Wells Barnett
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Educator, and Co-founder of National Association For the
Advancement of Colored People
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Fannie Lou Hamer
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Co-Founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Biddy Mason
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1st African American woman to own land in California
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Wilma Rudolph
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1st African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and
field in a single Olympic Games
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Susie King Taylor
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1st African American woman to teach openly in a school for
former slaves in Georgia
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Dr. Susan McKinney Steward
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1st African American woman doctor in New York State
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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
Gwendolyn Brooks
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1st African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Vanessa Williams
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1st African American selected as Miss America
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the way for women
Suzette Charles
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2nd African American Miss America
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the way for women
Carrie Saxon Perry
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1st African American womanelected mayor of Hartford,
Connecticut
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Dr. Eliza Ann Grier
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1st African American woman licensed to practice medicine in
the state of Georgia
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Rita Dove
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1st African American woman to hold the title of Consultant in
Poetry to the Library of Congress
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Carol Moseley-Braun
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1st African American woman Senator to serve for the state of
Illinois
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Teresa Deloach-Reed
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1st African American woman to serve as the Fire Chief for the
Oakland, California Fire Department
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Rosalind G. Brewer
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1st African American woman to lead a business unit of Wal-Mart
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Mary Edmonia Lewis
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1st successful African American sculptor
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the way for women
Maggie Lena Walker
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1st African American woman in the United States to become president of St. Luke Penny
Savings Bank
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Dr. Regina Benjamin
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1st African American woman, and the youngest person, to be elected to
the American Medical Association's board of trustees.
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Dr. Alexa Canady
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1st African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Jane Bolin
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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.
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
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"
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Lorraine Hansberry
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1st African American woman to write a Broadway play
(“A Raisin In The Sun”)
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Althea Gibson
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1st African American woman to win the U.S. Tennis Association
Championship (1957) and the Wimbledon singles title (1957).
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Hazel Johnson
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1st African American woman General; was appointed Brigadier
General in the U.S. Army Sept. 1, 1979.
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
Leontine T. C. Kelly
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1st African American woman Bishop of a major U.S. denomination (United
Methodist Church)
The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
APSU Student Leader Honorees 2011
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The Road Not Taken, paving
the way for women
APSU Staff Honorees 2011
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the way for women
APSU Women
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the way for women
APSU Women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women
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the way for women