JUNE 7: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was born today in 1917.

Marion Wolcott, a documentary photographer during the Great Depression, was born today in 1910.

Jessica Tandy, an award-winning actress, from A Streetcar Named Desire to Driving Miss Daisy, was born today in 1909.