by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 12, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Bobbi Wilson 2013– In February of 2023 the Yale School of Public Health, after learning about 9-year-old Bobbi Wilson’s encounter with the police following her efforts to curb the presence of the invasive spotted lantern fly, honored her with a ceremony at Yale. ...
by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 12, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Maisie Brown 2001– In 2022, Maisie Brown helped with the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis, leading the effort to deliver drinking water to residents unable to access the city’s distribution centers. Clean drinking water had been an issue since 2010 when a winter...
by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 12, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly 1921 -2003 Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was raised by a father who instilled a drive for education in his daughter because he was forced to abandon his own educational dreams due to a lack of funds. Although the family was poor, Marie paid her tuition...
by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 12, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Memphis Minnie 1897–1973 Memphis Minnie was born Lizzie Douglas in 1897. Her singing, songwriting, and skilled guitar playing made her a popular blues artist in the 1930s and ’40s. Her popularity was an achievement because the field was dominated by male...
by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 12, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
1921-2003 Ruth Bateson is best known for her successful fight to help desegregate the Boston School System. Inspired by her mother’s interest in civil rights, Ruth Bateson became the Chairman of the Public Education Sub-Committee of the National...
by caroljacobsen.org | Feb 7, 2024 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Belle da Costa Greene 1879–1950 Belle da Costa Greene was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. Her father shared with Greene his passion for medieval books, especially illuminated manuscripts, and it was her knowledge...
