Celebrate Women’s Black History Month and Women’s History Month with these inspiring bio posters featuring 40 famous Black women leaders. Each poster highlights the name and biography of iconic women, making it the perfect resource for creating impactful classroom decorations and engaging bulletin board displays.

Ideal for honoring Black History Month and Women’s History Month, these posters help students learn about the significant contributions of these influential Black women. Perfect for both educational purposes and enhancing the learning environment.

Key Features:

• 40 Biography Posters: Featuring famous Black women with detailed biographies.
• Great for Black History Month and Women’s History Month classroom decor.
• Use for bulletin boards, walls, and other classroom decoration needs.

Inspire and educate your students while celebrating the contributions of Black women in history!

• HISTORICAL FIGURES INCLUDED:

1. -Alice Ball: chemist; developed first successful treatment for leprosy
2. -Alma Woodsey Thomas: painter and art educator
3. -Althea Gibson: tennis player; first black athlete to cross the color line of tennis
4. -Angela Davis: political activist, academic, and author
5. -Audre Lorde: writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist
6. -Augusta Savage: sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance
7. -Bessie Coleman: pilot; first Black woman to hold a pilot license
8. -Charlotte E. Ray: first Black American female lawyer in the United States
9. -Dominique Dawes: first Black woman to join the National Gymnastics Team
10. -Ella Fitzgerald: jazz singer dubbed 'the First Lady of Song" + 'the Queen of Jazz"
11. -Florence Griffith Joyner: gold medalist; considered the fastest woman of all time
12. -Gwen Ifill: award-winning journalist, television newscaster, and author
13. -Gwendolyn Brooks: writer, poet
14. -Harriet Tubman: abolitionist and political activist
15. -Ida B. Wells: journalist, educator, leader in the Civil Rights Movement
16. -Josephine Baker: singer, dancer
17. -Julie Dash: film director, writer, producer
18. -Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician featured in 'Hidden Figures"
19. -Lorna Simpson: photographer and multimedia artist
20. -Mae Jemison: first Black woman to travel in space
21. -Mahalia Jackson: gospel singer
22. -Mamie Phipps Clark: social psychologist
23. -Marcelite Harris: first Black female general officer of the United States Air Force
24. -Marian Anderson: one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century
25. -Mary Bowser: Union spy during the Civil War
26. -Mary Eliza Mahoney: first African American to work as a nurse in the US
27. -Maya Angelou: poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist
28. -Nichelle Nichols: groundbreaking television actress
29. -Nina Simone: singer, pianist, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement
30. -Octavia E. Butler: award-winning science fiction writer
31. -Oprah Winfrey: seriously?!? … it's Oprah!
32. -Phillis Wheatley: first published African-American female poet
33. -Raven Wilkinson: first Black woman to dance for a major classical ballet company
34. -Rebecca Lee Crumpler: first Black woman to become a physician in the US
35. -Rosa Parks: civil rights activist known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott
36. -Ruby Bridges: first Black child to desegregate an all-White elementary school
37. -Shirley Chisholm: first Black woman elected to the United States Congress,
38. -Sojourner Truth: abolitionist and women's rights activist
39. -Wilma Rudolph: gold medalist; acclaimed the fastest woman in the world
40. -Zora Neal Hurston: influential author of African-American literature

✅You will receive A ZIP folder that includes✅

• Page Size: 8.5×11 inches
• pdf and jpg formats
• Resolution: High-quality 300 DPI.
• Page Count: 40 pages

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