The couple used the advantage of Ellen's lighter skin by dressing her up as a white gentleman and having William pose as her slave while they fled the south. . . #blackhistory #blackhistoryuk #blackhistoryisworldhistory #blackhistorymatters #GiveHistoryBackItsColor #blackexcellence #london #blackhistorymakers #history #blackhistorymaker #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #londonhistory #historylesson #historylessons #georgia #historylessonoftheday #pennsylvania #couple #historymakers #couples #abolitionist #freedomfighters #historygeek #historynerd #historybuff #dailyhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGvyObOBvM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Dr. Scantlebury has achieved many honors in her career, having made the "Best Doctors in America" and "Top Doctors in America" lists multiple times. . . #blackhistory #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blackhistoryisworldhistory #blackhistorymatters #blackhistorymakers #blackhistorymaker #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #womensexcellence #womeninmedicine #blackwomeninmedicine #womenempowerment #herstory #blackwomen #doctors #blackwomenexcellence #historymaker #historymakers #historicaf #historicalaf #makinghistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSdotlFQZQ/?igshid=17svbxnhab4la
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Valerie Thomas's inventions lead to the creation of 3D movies. . . #kickasswomen #kickass #womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #womenshistory #3d #womeninhistory #herhistory #wcw #womeninventors #womeninscience #history #womeninstem #inventor #womeninstemwednesday #womenintech #women #womenintechnology #3dmovie #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #blackhistory #nasa #womensexcellence #blackinventors #blackwomenexcellence #historymakers https://www.instagram.com/p/COx6WrkFWp2/?igshid=8ni8zkg90mc8
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Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly, born c. 1753 in West Africa. At age 7 or 8, Phillis was sold into slavery and transported to North America. In September of1773, while still a slave, Phillis' book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in London. She was emancipated shortly thereafter. Phillis Wheatley died on 5 Dec, 1784 at the age of 31. #blackhistory #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blackhistoryisworldhistory #blackhistorymatters #blackhistorymakers #blackhistorymaker #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #womenshistory #womeninhistory #herhistory #womenshistorymonth2021 #womenshistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcimpzFItn/?igshid=19u8uo2p0clv8
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"She is one of the #greatest players who ever lived." - Bob Ryland, #tennis contemporary & former coach of #venuswilliams & #serenawilliams 🥎 #blackhistory #womeninhistory #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blackhistoryisworldhistory #blackhistorymatters #GiveHistoryBackItsColor #blackexcellence #blackhistorymakers #blackhistorymaker #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2022 #kickasswomen #kickass #womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #womeninhistory #herhistory #iconicwomen #icons #icon #iconic #wcw #womancrushwednesday #womeninsports #athlete https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVY1mtv4OB/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Euphemia Haynes also served as president of the Catholic Interracial Council of the District of Columbia and president of the Washington Archdiocesan Council on Catholic Women. #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #blackwomeninstem #kickasswomen #kickass #womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #womenshistory #womeninhistory #herhistory #wcw #womeninstem #history #historygram #instahistory #historydaily #dailyhistory #historic #historical #historicaf #historylesson #historylessons #historylessonoftheday #historygeek #historynerd #historybuff https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSRykVlQqf/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Baby Esther’s trademark vocal style of using “boops” and other childlike scat sounds failed to bring her mainstream, but a piece of her lives on in the iconic character Betty Boop. #womenshistory #herstory #womenshistorymonth2021 #womenshistorymonth #tv #blackhistory #history #blackwomenhistory #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #tvhistory #cartoonhistory #cartoon #cartoons #bettyboop #musichistory #historybuff #til #todayilearnedthat #historygeek #todayilearned #historynerd #givehistorybackitscolor #historylover #historybuffs https://www.instagram.com/p/CNA7PfxFeGd/?igshid=16ulxdbeit0wo
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Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.
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Though Kenner invented the sanitary belt in the 1920s, she would have to wait 30 years before she could afford to file the patent awarded in 1957. #kickasswomen #kickass #womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #womenshistory #womeninhistory #herhistory #iconicwomen #icons #icon #iconic #wcw #history #womancrushwednesday #womeninventors #inventor #inventions #invented #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #inventionhistory #coolinventions #inventions #inventionoftheday #blackwomenhistory #blackwomanhistorymakers #blackwomenhistorymatters #blackinventors #historymaker #historymakers #historicfigures https://www.instagram.com/p/CdbVONOlGkI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Aida Overton Walker is also well known for her 1912 performance of the "Salome" dance at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre.
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