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Jessica Watkins to be the First Black Woman to Spend Extended Stay in Space
Jessica Watkins will be embarking on a six-month mission on the International Space Station as a part of NASA’s Artemis program.
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Legendary Poet Maya Angelou Becomes the First Black Woman To Be Featured On U.S. Quarter
It’s the first in a series of coins designed to celebrate the accomplishment of American women.
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If You're Still Holding Out for the Tubman $20, You Can Soon Make Change With Some Angelous
She’s been immortalized on a stamp (albeit amid some controversy), as a Barbie, as the subject of a Broadway-bound script, and even a Google Doodle. And of course, writer-activist Maya Angelou lives eternally in our literary imagination. Now, the renaissance woman will be one of the first American women to appear on a series of…