Explore the distinct plaques in our Minority Women’s Gallery, each highlighting 13 unique categories. Click on a plaque to discover the accompanying doll, symbolizing diversity within our collection.
These thirteen dolls showcase historical minority women and their vocations, offering a sneak peek into the diverse array represented in our museum. Each woman’s doll embodies their image or performed characters, exhibited in various forms such as action figures, ceramic statues, paper, plush, vinyl, and a variety of artifacts and memorabilia.
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ACTIVIST
A person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
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Rosa Parks
The catalyst of the Montgomery bus Boycott. She is known as the “Mother of Civil Rights”.
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ARTIST
The artist’s work includes architecture, ceramics, digital art, drawings, mixed media, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles.
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Frida Kahlo
Artist, activist, and feminist icon, she persevered and gained artistic recognition for her unique style and perspective.
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ATHLETES
A person trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requires physical strength, agility, or stamina.
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Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas
An American gymnast who became the first African American in Olympic history to win the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Games.
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AUTHOR & POETS
A person who creates written works.
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Maya Angelou
An American author and poet. She rose to prominence by publishing “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama.
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Educator
Being an educator is about promoting individual growth and development by creating an environment where students can cultivate their unique learning styles in settings that cater to their needs.
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Mary Mcleod Bethune
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, became one of the most essential Black educators. The college she founded set educational standards for today’s Black colleges.
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Entertainer
A person who entertains others, such as Film, TV, Radio, and Social Media as a professional singer, actor, dancer, musician, magician, host, and comedian.
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Lucy Lui
An American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Critics’ Choice Television Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Seoul International Drama Award, in addition to a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award.
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Entrepreneur
A fashion entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a fashion enterprise, venture, or idea.
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Kimora Lee Simmons
An American model, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. In 1999, she launched the global lifestyle brand Baby Phat to massive success worldwide.
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Fashion
Fashion is a term used to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewelry of different cultural aesthetics that depict distinctive ways of dressing, self-expression, and group belonging.
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Cynthia Bailey
An American model, reality television personality, and actress. Born and raised in Alabama, she moved to New York City at the age of 18 to pursue a modeling career.
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Health & Medicine
Medicine and Health encompasses the study of disease prevention and cure and the understanding and investigation of physical and mental well-being.
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Mary Mahoney, RN
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879.
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Leadership
The main difference is that most of the time, chiefs are chosen by their tribe; the basis for their power is their members’ conviction that they should be chief. A monarch’s position is usually passed on from one generation of a family to the next.
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Wilma Mankiller
She was the first Native American woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Musician & Singer
A person who plays one or more musical instruments or sings. May perform on stage for broadcasting, sound, or video recording. Interpret or modify music, applying harmony, melody, and rhythm.
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Shakira
Shakira is a Colombian singer and songwriter. She has been referred to as the “Queen of Latin Music” and has been praised for her musical versatility. She made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at the age of 13.
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Politician
A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.
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Kamila Harris
Kamala Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and incumbent vice president of the United States under President Joe Biden.
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STEM
STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. These four fields emphasize innovation, problem-solving, and critical thinking. They make up a popular and fast-growing industry.
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Katherine Johnson
She graduated college at eighteen with two Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and French. NASA hired her to work as a human computer, and she calculated the trajectory of NASA’s first American-manned flight into space.
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