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
Our White House Hopefuls
Shirly Chisholm, Elaine Browne, and Cynthia McKinney
AND
Michelle Obama
Regardless of the Primary or Election Outcome, she is still the first black woman to potentially be First Lady of the U.S.
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