She was both African-American and a woman — and as ... and as much mathematics as one could shoulder.” At the time, women were not expected to immerse themselves in classical languages ...

The importance of women’s economic health in the black community is hard to overstate. That’s in part because black women tend to shoulder a lot of their households’ financial burden.

They were the first African American females to accomplish the highest distinction in their field. These women have the distinctions of being the first African American female U.S. vice president ...