Women Who Won

  

"My father kicked me four or five times a week...and almost kicked the art out of me. He thought art was a sin." Augusta Christine Fells Singer (1892-1962) She became the first African-American woman artist elected to the Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.

Virginia Hall Goillot (1906-1982) A spy with a code name. Despite an artificial leg she walked 50 miles and ran a spy network during WWII in southern France.

Mary Fields (1832-1914) A freed slave she was the first black woman to be a Star Route Post deliverer. Her route was in Montana and she often needed snowshoes to deliver the mail.

These and 297 other remarkable women are featured in 300 Unsung Women by D-L Nelson. They met gender barriers in disciplines closed to women and accomplished amazing things.

Note from the author: Available at Barnes and Noble and at other book sellers, the book serves both as a reference and hope that women, can break out of stereotypes even when others try to shove us back. Look for it at www.barnesandnoble.com/ and/or visit my websitehttps://https.dlnelsonwriter.com/

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