Women

Memoir of the oldest Tulsa Race Massacre witness released this week

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First Black female pilot -- Leona Sareo

Aviator seeks to become first Black female pilot to fly around the world solo

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Michelle Obama dishes on ‘exhausting’ weight of responsibility during White House years

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Harriet Tubman monument

Harriet Tubman monument unveiled in Newark, New Jersey

Harriet Tubman Day is observed every year on March 10 in the United States and this year a monument was
/ March 10, 2023

Nearly 100,000 women of color went missing in 2020, and now one state wants to do something about it

Legislators in Minnesota hope to establish the nation’s first-of-its-kind organization to investigate the disappearances of a disproportionately high number of
/ March 3, 2023

Walmart expands health services to address racial inequality

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a
/ June 22, 2022
The Reset with Coach Tish theGrio.com

Burnout rates are alarmingly high for women. What’s stressing them out? 

Deloitte’s Women at Work 2022 Global Outlook is quantifying what many of us already know: The pandemic continues to take
/ June 10, 2022

She converted a KKK Grand Dragon, and at 91, Xernona Clayton is still fearless

ATLANTA (AP) — A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement
/ June 8, 2022

Meet the first NAACP all-women of color C-suite 

The first all-women of color National Association for the Advancement of Colored People C-suite team is working to leave a
/ May 18, 2022
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Head to Head: A new film explores how hair loss affects women

“I’ll never know how little other people think about their hair—or how much other people think about their hair. All
/ May 17, 2022