Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Haben Girma born July 29, 1988, is a disability rights advocate and the first deafblind graduate of #HarvardLawSchool. While working for #DisabilityRightsAdvocates in July 2014, #HabenGirma represented the #NationalFederationOfTheBlind and a blind #Vermont resident in a lawsuit against #Scribd for not providing access to blind readers, in violation of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct. In 2014 Girma gave a talk at #TEDxBaltimore, where she also confronted them for not readily providing captions for their recorded #TEDx talks, including her own. Haben Girma was appointed to the national board of trustees for the #HelenKellerServicesForTheBlind in January 2015 and on July 20, 2015, she met with #PresidentBarackObama at the #WhiteHouse to highlight the importance of accessible technology. #ClapForThat!

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment: #CaroleSimpson, born December 7, 1941, anchored NBC News in 1975, then became a weekend anchor at ABC News in 1982: making her the first African-American woman to be named the anchor of a major network newscast. She was also the first black woman to moderate a presidential debate, held between #GeorgeHWBush, #BillClinton, and #RossPerot in 1992. #ClapForThat!!

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Josephine Garis Cochran, born March 8, 1839, was the inventor who received a patent on December 28, 1886, for the first commercially successful automatic dishwasher, which she constructed together with mechanic George Butters. Her dishwasher was the first to use water pressure instead of scrubbers to clean the dishes inside the machine. #JosephinGarisCochran was inducted into #TheNationalInventorsHallOfFame in 2006 for her invention of the dishwasher. #ClapForThat! She passed away August 3, 1913.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; George “Speck” Crum, born 1824, was a chef renowned for his culinary skills, who invented the delicious snack originally called “Saratoga Chips” in the 1850’s, now known as potato chips. #ClapForThat!! He passed away on July 22, 1914.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Sherrexcia ‘Rexy’ Rolle, is the 29 year-old Vice President of #WesternAirBahamas; the largest privately owned airline company in the #Bahamas with a net worth of $90 million dollars. ClapForThat! #Rexy is the youngest women that has taken up the role for the airline, which was founded in 2001 by her parents Rex and Shandrice Rolle. #SherrexciaRexyRolle has plans this year 2018, for more expansion to increase their online and social media presence, to be able to be noticed internationally.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Elizabeth Blackwell, born February 3, 1821 in the #UnitedKingdom, was an Anti-Slave #Activist and #CivilWar Nurse and the first woman to receive a medical degree in the #UnitedStates. ElizabethBlackwell was also the first woman on the medical register of the #GeneralMedicalCouncil and was a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the #U.S. #ClapForThat! She passed away on May 31, 1910 in the UK.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; ImeIme A. Umana, made history in 2017, as the first African-American woman elected president of the 131-year old #HarvardLawReview. She is also a joint degree candidate with #HarvardLawSchool and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. #ImeImeAUmana said she has no interest in joining a high-paying corporate firm. Because she is constantly reminded of people like #SandraBland, #NatashaMcKenna and #TanishaAnderson, whose relationships with the law was tragic, her dream is to become a public defender to represent those who are disproportionately represented on the unfortunate end of the legal system. #ClapForThat!!

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Lydia Taft, born February 2, 1712, became the first recorded legal woman voter in Colonial America after her husband Josiah and eldest son Caleb died. The Uxbridge, Massachusetts townspeople, granted permission to allow #LydiaTaft to receive a proxy to vote, because of the landowner and taxpayer status of Josiah's estate. #ClapForThat! She passed away November 9, 1778.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; Gladys Mae West, born 1931, is an African–American woman mathematician, who worked at the Naval Base in Dahlgren, VA in 1956, was part of the original team of engineers tasked with developing the highly useful Global Positioning System: also known today as #GPS.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; Lonnie Johnson, born October 6, 1949, is an African-American inventor and engineer who holds more than 80 patents. #LonnieJohnson is the inventor of the #SuperSoaker water gun in 1982, which has been among the world's bestselling toys every year since its release. #ClapForThat!

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; Alfred A. Cralle born September 4, 1866, was the first black man to receive a patent in Pittsburgh, PA in 1897 for the "Ice Cream Mold and Disher," otherwise known as the ice cream scooper. #ClapForThat!! #AlfredACralle passed away on May 3, 1920.

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Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; Macon Bolling Allen, born August 4, 1816, is believed to be both the first African-American licensed to practice law and to hold a judicial position in the United States. #MaconAllen passed the bar exam in Maine in 1844. He was also elected as a probate court judge in 1874. #ClapForThat!! He passed away on June 11, 1894.

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