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April 3, 2016

Alice Walker: A Black Author, Activist, and Feminist

Alice Walker's adverse experiences forged her into the woman of strong character and conviction who so beautifully championed race and…

March 19, 2016

Mary Shelley is more than just the author of the immensely popular and well-known novel "Frankenstein," which inspired the creation…

February 25, 2016

Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African American woman born into slavery in North Carolina. Jacobs worked under various masters but…

February 14, 2016

I never thought that I would be begging my friends to listen to a rap battle between Alexander Hamilton and…

February 8, 2016

In the 1960’s, women had no legal identity of their own, or no legal rights to their husband’s earnings. Modern…

October 24, 2011

Name something that a woman invented. You have five seconds. Go! Stumped? Don’t be surprised. With the persistent erasure of…