Women Move the Soul » historical women http://womenmovethesoul.com Women Inspiring Women! Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:54:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Dorothy Layne McIntyre – One of the First Female Pilots http://womenmovethesoul.com/dorothy-layne-mcintyre-one-of-the-first-female-pilots/ http://womenmovethesoul.com/dorothy-layne-mcintyre-one-of-the-first-female-pilots/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:45:41 +0000 Tomaca http://womenmovethesoul.com/?p=1312 Tweetreposted from http://IforColor.org

Dorothy Layne McIntyre enrolled in West Virginia State College where she completed a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She was accepted into the Civilian Pilot Training Program offered by the college where she received a pilot’s license from the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1940, becoming one of the first black [... More]

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]]> http://womenmovethesoul.com/dorothy-layne-mcintyre-one-of-the-first-female-pilots/feed/ 0 Mary Ann Shadd Cary – Abolitionist, Editor, Lawyer http://womenmovethesoul.com/mary-ann-shadd-cary-%e2%80%93-abolitionist-editor-lawyer/ http://womenmovethesoul.com/mary-ann-shadd-cary-%e2%80%93-abolitionist-editor-lawyer/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:26:21 +0000 Tomaca http://womenmovethesoul.com/?p=580 TweetContributed by Tammy Denease

This is one of the Women that I have added to my “Obscure Women” series. Mrs. Cary was a true champion for human rights, regardless of race or gender. A perfect example of someone who was of the elite class using their wealth, and status for the good of the [... More]

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]]> http://womenmovethesoul.com/mary-ann-shadd-cary-%e2%80%93-abolitionist-editor-lawyer/feed/ 0 Wangari Maathai – The Power of One http://womenmovethesoul.com/wangari-maathai-%e2%80%93-the-power-of-one/ http://womenmovethesoul.com/wangari-maathai-%e2%80%93-the-power-of-one/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:27:00 +0000 Tomaca http://womenmovethesoul.com/?p=383 TweetWangari Muta Maathai (1940–2011): Nobel Peace Laureate; environmentalist; scientist; parliamentarian; founder of the Green Belt Movement; advocate for social justice, human rights, and democracy; elder; and peacemaker. She lived and worked in Nairobi, Kenya.

“Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and [... More]

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]]> http://womenmovethesoul.com/wangari-maathai-%e2%80%93-the-power-of-one/feed/ 0 Telling the Stories of “Obscure” Women http://womenmovethesoul.com/telling-the-stories-of-obscure-women/ http://womenmovethesoul.com/telling-the-stories-of-obscure-women/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:29:08 +0000 Tomaca http://womenmovethesoul.com/?p=325 Tweet Tammy Denease Richardson is a living, breathing storyteller.  Not the kind that sits down and reads stories to children, but the kind that becomes the living embodiment of the person she is portraying.  She dresses the part and uses tools and language from the time period of the women she portrays. Here’s her story: [... More]

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