Celebrating Black Women Trailblazers—From Shirley Chisholm to Marsha P. Johnson: Weekend Reading on Women's Representation

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Celebrating Black Women Trailblazers—From Shirley Chisholm to Marsha P. Johnson: Weekend Reading on Women's Representation
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This week's reading on women's representation honors the work of trailblazing Black women activists: Shirley Chisolm, Marsha P. Johnson, Angela Davis and Barbara Jordan.

is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!While there are countless Black women whom we should celebrate in February, the team at RepresentWomen has chosen four to highlight this week:began her legislative work when she was elected to New York’s state legislature in 1964.

Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, painted by Melanie Humble. Notable Black women wrote President Biden a letter to express their support for his commitment to nominate a Black woman to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, according to

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