Category: Women of Color and Accomplishment: Doing the Right Thing

Mari Copeny 2007– Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny became known as Little Miss Flint during the 2016 water crisis in Michigan. She wrote a letter to then-President Barack Obama bringing international attention to lead-tainted drinking water in her hometown. She was only eight at the time. Obama wrote back and also went to Michigan to meet Copeny… Continue reading Mari Copeny

Allyson Felix 1985– Allyson Felix is both the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history and the most decorated American track and field athlete in the World Athletics Championships history, earning 11 total medals from five consecutive Olympic Games between 2008 and 2022.   In 2018, a pregnant Felix developed severe pre-eclampsia, a condition… Continue reading Allyson Felix

Annie Easley 1933 -2011 Two weeks after reading an article on twin sisters working as human computers, Annie Easley began a career in 1955 as a ‘human computer’, doing computations for researchers. This involved analyzing problems and doing calculations by hand. In the face of discrimination, her motto was “[I]f I can’t work with you,… Continue reading Annie Easley