00000nam##2200000#a#4500045305SLIM2120260612123100.0260612s 0000 00eng d920.72089Madden AnnetteIn her footsteps101 Remarkable Black Women from the Queen of Sheba to Queen Latifah Madden AnnetteCaliforniaConari Press2000xii,259pIN HER FOOTSTEPS 1. Introduction any 2. Maps 3. African Queens 4. Slaves Who Refused to Bow 5. Freedom Fighters, Rabble Rousers, and Audacious Advocates 6. Powerful Politicos and Bold Businesswomen 7. Successful Scientists 8. Stars of Track, Field, and Court 9. Sassy Songbirds, Dazzling Dancers, and Talented Thespians 10, Artists with Attitude 11.Wonderful Wordsmiths 12. Gender Benders, Fabulous Firsts, and Other Outrageous LadiesThe life stories of these "daughters of Africa" are sometimes playful and sometimes painful but always aweinspiring in their truth and candor. Sweeping across history and over continents, they portray the energy, creativity, and resilience of black women such as Ana Quirot, a Cuban runner who overcame lifethreatening burns to triumph in the Olympic games/ Yelena Khanga, a black Russian woman who hosts the most popular television show in Russia and performs with a comedy troupe in New York/ and Lulu Shite, the diamondstudded madam of Mahogany Hall in New Orleans.Organized by field of endeavor, chapters include African Queens/ Slaves Who Refused to Bow/ Freedom Fighters, Rabble Rousers, and Audacious Advocates/ Powerful Politicos and Bold Businesswomen/ and Sassy Songbirds, Dazzling Dancers, and Talented Thespians.GenderGiftedAfricanSlavesladiesMadden AnnetteG05277G0527701PHSt. Andrew's College ofArts, Science and CommerceMGENGRM045305Y