Articles

• • “‘It’s about time’: Shirley Chisholm, first black congresswoman, will get a statue,” The Guardian, December 05, 2018.
  • Willingham, AJ. “New York City has only a few statues of historic women. This pioneering African American will be the next,” CNN News, December 5, 2018.
  • Morse, Brandon. “Activists replace statue of Robert E. Lee with statue of a pregnant black woman in Baltimore,’ The Blaze, August 17, 2017.

Africa

  Queen Moremi Ajasoro

• • Onyeakagbu, Adaobi. “Queen Moremi: Did you know about the courageous legend whose statue is the tallest in Nigeria?,” Pulse, April 01, 2020.

  Madam Tinubu

• • “Madam Tinubu: Inside the political and business empire of a 19th century heroine,” The Nation April 15, 2014.

   Mekatilili wa Menza - Kenya

• • Chin, Sarah. “Badass Women Of History: Mekatilili Wa Menza,” Tufts Observer [Opinion], December 17, 2015.
  • Michuki, Amina. “Historical Women Role Models; Mekatilili wa Menza,” Afromum, February 26, 2015.
  • “‘Mad woman’ who rattled the British,” Daily Nation, June 6, 2013

America

   Mary McLeod Bethune -  District of  Columbia

• • Lincoln Park – National Park Service
  • “Mary Mcleod Bethune Statue Lincoln Park,” Washington DC
  • V – Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial

   Alice Allison Dunnigan  -  Washington, DC 

• • “First Black Woman White House Correspondent to get Staue in Newsum” News Karnataka, September 22, 2018

   Althea Gibson - New York

• • New Statue at U.S. Open Honors African American Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson – NPR

   Paulina Pedroso - Florida

• • Steele, Kathy. Historic Figures Take Their Places Along Tampa Riverwalk,” 83 Degrees Media, December 03, 2013.
  • Tampa Riverwalk, Hillsborough Riverin Tampa, Florida.
  • V – Paulina Pedroso-episode 2 historic people

   Harriet Tubman - Various   Location 

• • Harriet Tubman Park, in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
  • The Harriet Tubman Memorial, also known as Swing Low, located in Manhattan in New York City.
  • The Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden 
  • Statue of Harriet Tubman created by artist Jane DeDecker
  • V – Harriet Tubman - Statue in Harlem

   Phillis Wheatley  - Boston

• • V – Boston Women's Memorial [Two Videos]

   Cathay Williams - Leavenworth 

• • Cathay Williams – NPS (U.S. National Park Service)
  • Cathay Williams – Wikipedia
  • V – Nation's only female Buffalo Soldier honored with monument in Leavenworth 

America Cont.

 Harriet Wilson - New Hampshire

• • The Harriet Wilson Project – Photos
  • Janik, Erika. “NH Firsts: First Black Woman To Publish Novel,” NHPR.org, [New Hampshire Public Radio], JUN 5, 2018.

Caribbean

          Sally Basset - Bermuda

• • “Sally Bassett,” – Bernews

Carlota - Cuba

• • Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah. “This Yoruba woman led one of Cuba’s biggest revolts in 1844 that later inspired Fidel Castro,”  Face2Face, March 26, 2019.

Mamá Tingó  - Dominican Republic

• • Ofosuah Johnson, Elizabeth, “In her 50s, this Dominican Republic hero was killed to end her fight for black people’s lands,” Face2Face, April 16, 2019.
  • Mama Tingó: Dominican Peasant Fighter [In Spanish]
  • Mamá Tingó – Wikipedia
  • V – Mamá Tingó 43 años después [In Spanish]

            La Mulâtresse Solitude -  Guadeloupe

• • Taylor, Mildred Europa. “Meet the great warrior woman of Guadeloupe who fought against French troops in 1802 while pregnant,” Face2Face, August 09, 2018.
• 
  The Three Queen Mary - Saint Croix
  • The Three Rebel Queens of The Virgin Islands

            The Tula Slave revolt - Curacao

• • Desenkadena (Willemstad, Curaçao) - Slavery Monuments.org
  • Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah, "The Tula slave revolt of 1795 that led to better treatment of slaves in Curaçao," Face2Face, December 12, 2018 

Europe   

   Queen Mary - Denmark

• • "I am Queen Mary"
    
    The Bronze Woman -  London
  • “First public statue of black woman unveiled,” Evening Standard, October 8, 2008.
  • Gould, Mark. "Sculpture honours black women at last.” The Guardian, February 6, 2008.
  • “Caribbean woman statue unveiled,” BBC News, October 8, 2008.
  • V – Tribute To Caribbean And Women Unveiled

   Mary Seacole - London

• • “Mary Seacole statue unveiled in London,” BBC News, June 30, 2016
  • Ford, Steve. "‘Long-awaited Mary Seacole statue is unveiled’,” Nursing Times, June 30, 2016.
  • V – Mary Seacole statue unveiled

Latin America

             Monumento Mãe Preta (The Black Mother Monument)

• • “Monumento Mãe Preta São Paulo, Brazil,” – Atlas Obscura

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