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Discover Black women's legacies month by month. Explore history's milestones and celebrate the remarkable achievements of influential figures.
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Oct 13
October

Gertrude Elise McCougald Ayer
"We find the negro woman figuratively struck in the face by contempt from the world about her. Within her soul, she knows little of peace and happiness. But through it all, she is courageously standing erect, developing within herself the moral strength to rise above and conquer false attitudes...The wind of the race's destiny stirs more briskly because of her striving."
New York
Oct 17
October

Dr. Mae Jemison
Physician, NASA Astronaut, Author, Chemical Engineer, avid Star Trek fan, and the first Black woman to travel into Space, flight STS-47, Spacelab-J.
Alabama
Oct 18
October

Maryland
Oct 19
October

Florida
Oct 24
October

Virginia
Oct 26
October

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Nov 1
November

Margaret Burroughs
Burroughs (1915-2010), was an Artist, Archivist, Poet, Writer, and Founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the South Side Community Art Center - both in Chicago. She dedicated her life to preserving and championing Black art, literature, culture, and history.
Louisiana
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