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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. Charlotte Cooper. England's Charlotte Cooper is remembered for winning five singles titles at Wimbledon and being the first female athlete to become an Olympic Champion in 1900.

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How Nelson Mandela’s Legacy to Advance Access to Education Lives On

Saleforce Nonprofit

Charlotte Kirby: Why and how did you start Malaika? I had a tough childhood there, but I was able to go to school and worked hard for the education my mother had given me the opportunity to get. Noëlla Coursaris Musunka: Malaika emerged out of my own personal story. When I was 18, I went back to DRC and was reunited with my mother.