Trailblazing Woman: Ernestine Eckstein

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Ernestine Eckstien was a visionary and leader in the gay rights movement in 1960s. She was an activist, who believed in the power of public protests and bringing attention to the entirety of the “homophile movement”

ERNESTINE ECKSTEIN (1942-1992): Ernestine Eckstein was a visionary and leader in the gay rights movement in 1960s. She was an activist, who believed in the power of public protests and bringing attention to the entirety of the “homophile movement” by bringing all classes of homosexuals together. Born Ernestine Delois Eppenger in Indiana in 1942, she … Read more

Trailblazing Woman: Lorraine Hansberry

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Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist. She was the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway and win a New York Critics’ Circle award with A Raisin In The Sun.

LORRAINE HANSBERRY (1930-1965) Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist. She was the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway and win a New York Critics’ Circle award with A Raisin In The Sun. Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 in Chicago, IL and was the youngest of … Read more

Trailblazing woman: Stormé DeLarverie

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Stormé DeLarverie was a singer, drag performer and emcee, bouncer, and LGBTQ+ activist. She is also believed to have had a role in starting the Stonewall Uprising. 

STORME DELARVERIE (1920-2014) Stormé DeLarverie was a singer, drag performer and emcee, bouncer, and LGBTQ+ activist. She is also believed to have had a role in starting the Stonewall Uprising.  Stormé DeLarverie was born in New Orleans to a Black mother and a white father. Because she was a “mixed race child” in Louisiana, she … Read more

Trailblazing Woman: Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin was a singer and pianist who defined the golden age of soul music in the 1960s. She was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is one of the most honored artists in Grammy history.

ARETHA FRANKLIN (1942-2018) Aretha Franklin was a singer and pianist who defined the golden age of soul music in the 1960s. She was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is one of the most honored artists in Grammy history. Franklin was born in 1942 in Memphis, … Read more

Trailblazing Woman: Dr.Marie Maynard Daly

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Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist whose research helped advance the fields of molecular biology, cell metabolism, and cardiovascular disease. She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States.

DR. MARIE MAYNARD DALY (1921-2003) Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist whose research helped advance the fields of molecular biology, cell metabolism, and cardiovascular disease. She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States. Marie Maynard Daly was born in Queens, NY in 1921. … Read more