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Honoring the legacy of Clarksville native Wilma Rudolph
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You can’t travel through the City of Clarksville and not feel Wilma...
Title IX pioneers: Wilma Rudolph went from "you'll never walk again" to "fastest woman in the world"
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHow does a child diagnosed with infantile paralysis, losing use of her leg and forced to depend on leg braces for several years, become a world record-setting Olympian sprinter? “My doctor told ...
Title IX pioneers: Tracy Caulkins Stockwell set standard for women's swimming
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen it comes to girls' high school swimming in Tennessee, there's no one quite as revered as Tracy...
10 of the Greatest Moments in Women's Sports History
People via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFrom tennis to track, see the game-changing feats that made players including Billie Jean King and Flo-Jo some of the greatest athletes of all time The...
31 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned in School
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom the hidden figures who made an impact, essential Black inventors, change-making civil rights...
From Flo Jo to Sha'Carri Richardson, Black Women Athletes Have Always Broken the Beauty Mold
Byrdie.com via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoGetty Images / Byrdie When I think back on the pop culture beauty icons who shaped me as I came of...
Shirley Jo Finney, Theater Director and ‘Wilma’ Star, Dies at 74
Variety via Yahoo News· 6 months agoShirley Jo Finney, a theater director and actor known for the 1975 TV biopic “Wilma,” died on Oct....
15 badass Hoosier women who made waves in civil rights, science, arts and more
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoTake your pick of science, politics, civil rights, music — any subject, really — and you'll find the...
Shirley Jo Finney, actress and theater director who championed Black works, dies at 74
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoShirley Jo Finney in 1999 on the set of "Flyin' West" at the Pasadena Playhouse. The director and...
International Women's Day 2024: Nashville women-owned businesses to celebrate today and beyond
The Tennessean via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoMany women owned businesses seek to inspire change through their entrepreneurship. Here are some...