February 2010
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WatchHappy Birthday, Betty Friedan (born Feb. 4, 1921)
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Bari-Ellen Roberts
Throughout her life, Bari-Ellen Roberts has broken racial and gender barriers at school and in the workplace. She quickly learned in school that racism meant she had to work harder than her white peers to succeed.
About a decade into her career, she was hired at Texaco as a senior financial analyst. First she dealt with harassment during the hiring process, then the occasional racist comments...
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“Forward out of darkness
Leave behind the night.
Forward out of error,
Forward...”
– - From a banner carried by Inez Millholland (pictured below) in 1913 during one of the many American woman suffrage marches.
