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Black History Month – Maya Angelou
Dr. Maya Angelou, poet, author, activist, teacher, singer/song-writer, and dancer, entertained and illuminated people for over eight decades. Sometimes referred to as a Renaissance woman, she had broad interests and talents. She…
Henrietta Lacks, The Ethics of Consent
Henrietta Lacks, the Ethics of Consent is part two of a series. To learn about her life, check out our blog The Life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks became immortal, as it…
Black History Month – Henrietta Lacks
Unlike many of the women we present to you for Black History Month, Henrietta Lacks probably needs an introduction. Why? Because her great achievement happened after her death at the age of…
Passover: Memories of Years Past
Celebrating Passover did not come to me via my Jewish ancestors. What there were of them, most likely did not make it out of the Holocaust. In my family history there are…
Authors, Poets and Playwrights: Geoffrey Chaucer
Life of Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author who served three different English Kings in a variety of different roles. In the course of his career, he became…
Authors, Poets, and Playwrights: a new Series
Welcome to our new monthly special feature of Authors, Poets, and Playwrights! We’re excited to introduce you to (or share the love of) some of our favorite creators out there throughout history….
Black History Month – Mildred Jefferson
Dr. Mildred Jefferson was the first African-American woman to graduate with a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She was also the first female doctor at the Boston University Medical Center and…
Black History Month – Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson is an African-American mathematician . She worked for NASA and her orbital calculations were critical to the U.S. manned space flights. Her critical life’s work was chronicled in the highly…
Black History Month- Shirley Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. is the first African-American woman to earn a doctor degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as the second African-American woman to earn a doctorate in physics…