The Last Day of Black History Month: Black Women Leaders

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 Parks

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.