Honoring Women during Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, I have been posting pictures and biographical information about African American women on my Facebook page. As trailblazers from the past to the present day, these women represent careers in nursing, space travel, music, acting, business, teaching, journalism, politics, missionary work, a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve her country during the Civil War and more. All were and are pioneers of their day and the present day. Strength, belief and the will to survive in the face of adversity is the example they all set forth for us. Discovering and researching these women has been a learning curve of sheer joy for me. It came to me that I wanted to tie all these African American women who worked for equality into my Gena Branscombe project and blog. Gena Tenney Phenix, Gena Branscombe’s eldest daughter, was a pianist and musician who studied at Barnard College followed by two years...
