They Carried Us
Baker-Rogers, Allener M. / Traylor, Fasaha M.
Within this book you'll meet some of Philadelphia's fiercest black women leaders. They range from the first black woman known to be born in Philadelphia (1694)-who ran a ferry business during colonial times-to the woman whose childhood experiences led her to become a surgeon and medical advisor to celebrities. All of the women "bring it" as activists- in community and movement work, business and civic institutions, education, churches, medicin...