November 8: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN
Crystal Bird Fauset
Crystal Bird Fauset was elected state representative in Pennsylvania in 1938, becoming the first Black woman to serve in a state legislature.
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day, social reformer, suffragist and peace activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker movement and edited “The Catholic Worker” newspaper, was born today in 1897.
Esther Rolle, one of founding members of the renowned Negro Ensemble Company in 1968 and who created the role of Florida Evans in Maude, was born today in 1920.