[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=””]TRAILBLAZERS, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, American Firsts\/Icons <\/em>by Gabrielle David is a six-volume series that examines the lives and careers of over four hundred brilliant women from the eighteenth century to the present who blazed uncharted paths in every conceivable way. The lives profiled here include recognizable figures alongside some women that readers will be discovering for the first time, as well as those women who are shaping the era we live in today.<\/p>\n

Volume 4 of TRAILBLAZERS <\/em>explores the complicated relationship that Hollywood has had with Black women actors; the in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM ); and pioneering Black women journalists. David explores actors such as Hattie McDaniel, Fredi Washington, and Nina Mae McKinney who blazed trail and impacted women like Pam Greer, Halle Berry, and Viola Davis. \u201cHidden figures\u201d in STEM are brought to light, such as biologist Jewel Plummer Cobb and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan, who created a path for roboticist Ayanna Howard and computer scientist Timnit Gebru. Publishing pioneers such as Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Charlotta Bass, and Nancy Hicks Maynard paved the way for Carole Simpson, Gwen Ifill, Yamiche Alcindor, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Jemele Hill, who have come to embody the best of that tradition. Each TRAILBLAZERS<\/em> volume is organized into several sections. Along with biographical information and powerful photographs, David provides a historical timeline for each section\u2014written from the viewpoint of Black women\u2014that maps out the significance of the featured women that follow.<\/p>\n

With painstaking research, David has created an affordable, visually rich, and accessible reference book. From the foremothers who blazed trails and broke barriers, to the women who follow in their footsteps, TRAILBLAZERS<\/em> offers powerful and inspiring role models for women and girls from all cultural backgrounds and for the intellectually curious. TRAILBLAZERS<\/em> is a clarion call for recognition of the transformative work Black women have done and continue to do. Written in accessible prose that contains personal reflections for a broad audience, TRAILBLAZERS<\/em> also serves as a vital reference guide for use in schools and libraries.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black Women Who Helped Make America Great
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