#SistoryLessons & Society

Celebrate Mary Church Terrell!

Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to a noteworthy abolitionist and educational and feminist icon: Mary Church Terrell.

Celebrate Lili’uokalani, Hawai'i's Last Queen

Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to the last sovereign monarch of Hawai'i, Lili’uokalani, a composer, author, and the only Queen Regnant (woman ruling as a “king” and not just a spouse). Learn...

Celebrating Sono Osato and Luisa Moreno!

Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to two incredible women who made an influence in the arts and the labor movement: Sono Osato and Luisa Moreno.

Celebrate Mary Ellen Pleasant - California's First Black Woman Millionaire

California's first Black woman millionaire, Mary Ellen Pleasant was born a slave on August 19 (1812 or 1814). Bought and freed by abolitionists, she grew up as a bonded servant, passing...

Celebrate two Jazz Icons: Billie and Sarah

Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to two great jazz and blues singers, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

Celebrate Maya Angelou

Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to a great poet, autobiographer, memoirist, and civil rights activist, singer, and dancer—an American Renaissance woman, Maya Angelou. History lessons for Black women, BIPOC women, racial...