I’ve got the don’t feel like writing blues. So, on this, the last day of Black History Month, I wanted to point you to information on black female leaders:
- A list of leaders outside Africa & the U.S. (some problematic)
- Simien Black Feminist Voices in Politics (a book analyzing race, gender, and feminist influences on electoral politics and voting)
Our Presidents
right: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Carmen Pereira
left: Ertha Pascal Trouillot and Sylvie Kinigi
Our Historical Antecedents
Right: Sojourner Truth Left: Fannie Lou Hamer, Coretta Scott King, and Rosa ParksOur White House Hopefuls
Shirly Chisholm, Elaine Browne, and Cynthia McKinney
AND
Michelle Obama