Women of Color and Accomplishment (The 1st Book), was started as a result of my research into the BLM movement in 2020. Learning about the many Black women who have accomplished incredible things despite major obstacles, I wanted to honor those women by painting their portraits. Here are a few of the portraits painted in 2021 that are in the book. Edition two of this book was published in October, 2022.
Chapter 2 – Civil Rights Activists. Click on their name to see their bio.
Recy Taylor
Dot Counts
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Polly Jackson
Ida B. Wells
Mary McLeod Bethune
Nannie Burroughs
Carlotta Stewart Lai
Rosa Parks
Fannie Lou Hamer
Wilma Rudolph
Chapter 3 – Artists
Edmonia Lewis
Zora Neale Hurston
Augusta Savage
Amanda Gorman
Vanilla Beane
Billie Holiday
Chapter 4 – Scientists and Inventors
Dr. Patricia Bath
Ruth Ella Moore
Sarah Boone
Mamie Clark
Katherine Johnson
Chapter 5 -Mavericks
Biddy Mason
Stagecoach Mary
Bessie Coleman
Cathay Williams
Juanita Harrison
The book is available in the Marin County Free Library system in California. If you want a copy in your library system, please send me a contact person at your library and I will try to make it happen. Email me at carol@caroljacobsen.com.