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.