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Women's History Month
In honor of Women's History Month, we have gathered some resources that highlight Black women with a connection to Boston to encourage further learning and celebration during the month of March and throughout the year.
Maria W. Stewart - abolitionist, writer, and orator
Maria Stewart - Crash Course Black American History
More information about Stewart
Porsha Olayiwola - Boston’s Poet Laureate
Olayiwola performs what is the suffrage movement to a blck womyn?: an anthem
Three Poems by Porsha Olayiwola
Olayiwola’s website for more information
Phillis Wheatley - poet
Fierce Podcast - Phillis Wheatley: For The Love of Freedom
TED-Ed video - Why did Phillis Wheatley disappear? by Charita Gainey
More information about Wheatley
Elma Lewis - artist, educator, and activist
Music Museum of New England - Elma Lewis
Edwin Sumpter Remembers Elma Lewis
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