by caroljacobsen.org | Aug 27, 2024 | Information
After having a YouTube channel for 12 years that covered all the different videos I created, I added a new channel: @CarolJacobsenArtist This channel contains all my videos about my Women of Color and Accomplishment series. I’ve also started posting shorts...
by caroljacobsen.org | Aug 9, 2024 | Art, Paintings
W. Gertrude Brown 1888–1949 W. Gertrude Brown was an American educator and social worker. She is best known as the first head resident of the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
by caroljacobsen.org | Jun 26, 2024 | Art, Paintings
Mary Washington Mary Washington 1906–2005 Mary Washington was a Black Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who was a leader in future generations of Black CPAs. After high school, where Washington excelled in math, she worked at one of the few African American owned...
by caroljacobsen.org | May 26, 2024 | Art, Paintings
Reatha Clark King 1938- As a child in Georgia, Reatha Clark King picked cotton for $6 a day to help her family make ends meet. Long days in the hot sun was her motivation for something better. Says King, “There is nothing that motivates you like hard work in the...
by caroljacobsen.org | May 26, 2024 | Art, Paintings
Clara Hale Clara McBride Hale 1905-1992 Clara McBride Hale, also known as Mother Hale, ran a daycare for children and fostered 40 others. After retiring at 65, she founded the Hale House Center, a home for children born addicted to drugs. Hale was the first...