APRIL 23: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN
Shirley Temple Black
Shirley Temple Black, cheerful and curly-haired child actor, singer, and dancer, qa born today in 1928. Her career as a movie star spanned the Depression and World War II eras. She was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1988).
Barbara Hillary
In 2007, Barbara Hillary became the first African American woman and the oldest person (at age 76) to reach the North Pole. Five years after her history making journey to the North Pole, Hillary made her mark again by becoming the first African American woman on record to stand on the South Pole on January 6, 2011 at age 79.
Charlotte E. Ray
Charlotte E. Ray became the first woman African-American lawyer in the United States in 1872.