I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
She was told a Black girl from Harlem couldn't be a doctor. So she became one, and then invented a laser that restored sight to the blind. Dr. Patricia Bath: The visionary who saw no limits. Full story on #FeminismFridays: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM4WkM3b/
She was forcibly sterilized by the state. Then she co-founded the Reproductive Justice movement. Loretta Ross teaches us to fight for each other not with rage, but with revolutionary love. Her story on #FeminismFridays:
She left India's elite civil service to live in a village with no water. Then showed the people to question their government. Aruna Roy: The revolutionary who weaponized transparency.
She was a doctor, a dancer, and a Star Trek fan. Then she became the first Black woman in space. Dr. Mae Jemison teaches us that the final frontier is a place where all our talents belong. Full story on my #FeminismFridays series:
She took the photo that revealed DNA's secret, while her male colleagues got the credit. Rosalind Franklin reminds us that discovery is one thing, and recognition another.
