Martha (1894-1991) was a modern dancer and choreographer whose technique changed dance worldwide. Some her accomplishments: Taught dance for over 70 years First dancer to
Tag: Women
Women’s History Month: Emma Stebbins, artist
Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) was an American sculptor. She is best known for her work “The Angel of the Waters” (1873), also known as “ Bethesda
Women’s History Month: Marsha P Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender woman who was honored with the title “Stonewall instigator”. She was a drag queen and a revolutionary LGBTQ rights activist.
Women’s History Month: Isabella MacDuff
Isabella MacDuff (1285-1313) was a heroine during the Wars of Scottish Independence. These wars were between England and Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Isabella
Women’s History Month: Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer
Claudette Colvin is a civil rights pioneer. On March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat for a white woman on an
Women’s History Month: Grace Banker and the Hello Girls
Grace D Banker (1892-1960) was a telephone operator during World War 1. She, along with several other women telephone operators, were known as the Hello Girls.
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