Tag: women’s history
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Louisville to honor Alberta Odell Jones, Kentucky’s first Black female attorney, with the city’s first life-size statue of a Black woman. Learn about her pioneering legacy and the push for representation in public art.
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Jordin Phipps, age 8, made history as the youngest recipient of a $10,000 scholarship and admission to the University of North Texas after a viral video of her motivational mantra caught administrators’ attention.
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