Black Women in Non-Traditional Fields

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Black Women in Non-Traditional Fields
I know I will survive, I'm a fighter. Of my two
"handicaps" being female put more obstacles in my
path than being black.
Tremendous amounts oftalent are being lost
toour society just becausethat talent wears a
skirt.

• Presented By
• Shakeria Griffin

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Traditional Roles of Women

• Caretaker
• Nurse
• School Teacher
• Housekeeper
• Secretary
• Seamstress

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Women of Courage

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• Mary Elizabeth
  Bowser
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  Harriett
  Jacobs
• Mary Church Terrell

Ida B. Wells Barnett
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Educators Literary Women

• Phillis Wheatley Mary Ann Shadd Cary
• Mary McLeod Bethune
• Zora
  Neale Hurston

   
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Entrepreneurs

• Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove McWilliams
  Walker)
• Oprah Winfrey

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Black Women in the Military

• Command Sergeant Major Michelle S. Jones
  U.S.Army Reserve
• Captain Patricia Johnson
  U.S. Marine Corps

Captain Lillian E. Fishburne U.S. Navy
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Women In Entertainment

• Josephine Baker

Hattie McDaniel
Marian Anderson
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Women in Science and Medicine
                                                
                 

• Rebecca Lee No Photos Available
• DR. MAE
  CAROL JEMISON
• Mary Eliza Mahoney R.N

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Women In Politics

• Shirley
  Chisholm
• Carol Moseley Braun
• Barbara Jordan

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Women In Sports

• Vonetta Flowers Wilma Rudolph

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References

• http//www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm
• http//www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
• www.africanamericans.com
• http//www.black-collegian.com/issues/1998-04/wom
  enmil.shtml