Epic Lives: One Hundred Black Women Who Made a Difference.You may have glimpsed Jessie Carney Smith's reference book of 500 biographies, Notable Black American Women (see Book Review, June 1992), and thought, Wow! You may also have been intimidated by its price ($75) or its length (1,300+ pages). Now, there's the next best thing: Epic Lives: One Hundred Black Women Who Made a Difference. This condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. version of NBAW NBAW National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (UK) contains profiles of past and present trailblazers and singular sensations in the arts, business, education, politics and other fields. Many of the subjects--Marian Anderson, Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years "The Queen of Soul", but many also call her "Lady Soul," as well as the more affectionate "Sister Ree. , Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American communist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). , Toni Morrison Noun 1. Toni Morrison - United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931) Chloe Anthony Wofford, Morrison , Sojourner Truth, Oprah Winfrey--are household names. Others are not but should be: Women such as aviator Bessie Coleman; lawyer-turned-Episcopalian priest, Pauli Murray, and Maggie Lena Walker, first woman bank president in the United States. Like its "mother," Epic Lives is a boon to black women's studies. --Tonya Bolden Epic Lives: One Hundred Black Women Who Made A Difference edited by Jessie Carney Smith; Visible Ink Press, Detroit 1993, 605 pp, $18.95 |
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