The co-founder of the Gap, Doris Fisher, had escaped our attention until we read of her recent death. She was described as a “path-breaking entrepreneur” whose “brilliance, quiet determination, and heart shaped everything from Gap Inc.’s indelible influence on fashion and retail to philanthropy and the San Francisco art scence.
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Many women have contributed to the success of the automotive industry over the years including Mary Anderson, who invested the windshield wiper and has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame; Alma Green, who edited The Green Book – the travel guide that provided information during the Jim Crow area of places that accommodated Black Americans: and Mary Barra, the first woman CEO in the industry.
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We were fascinated recently when we learned about journalist Fanny Fern. The best paid newspaper columnist during her era, Sara Payson Willis was born in 1811 and grew up in Boston.
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Recently, The Wall Street Journal wrote about people who have changed the course of American entertainment. The women who were highlighted included Harriet Beecher Stowe and Martha Graham.
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The Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority is an international service organization founded in 1908 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC. It is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African American, college-educated women.
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We learned about another fascinating women recently – naturalist, educator, activist, and author May Theilguard Watts.
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