Read on to learn more about these inspiring women this Black History Month.
Here are 5 trailblazing Black women you should learn about this Black History Month.
It was in her late teens that the intelligent young girl began to show an interest in nursing.
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Mahoney was posthumously inducted into theAmerican Nurses Association Hall of Famein 1976.
That was only the very beginning of what would become an extremely illustrious writing career.
I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it, Brooks onceremarkedon this subject.
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She is generallyregardedas one of the most influential and widely read American poets of the 20th Century.
Her own hard-earned success also paved the way for many other Black female athletes to pursue their dreams.
Shirley Chisholm (19242005)
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Not long before her death, the pioneering woman spoke of the legacy she would leave behind.
I want history to remember me.
I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.
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